Shloka 7
सेनानिवेशः रामविलापश्च
Encampment on the Northern Shore; Rama’s Lament and Sandhyā
तन्मेदहतिगात्राणिविषंपीतमिवाशये ।हानाथेतिप्रियासामांह्रियमाणायदब्रवीत् ।।।।
tan me dahati gātrāṇi viṣaṃ pītam ivāśaye | hā nātheti priyā sā māṃ hriyamāṇā yad abravīt ||6.5.7||
وہ خیال میرے اعضا کو یوں جلا دیتا ہے گویا میں نے اندر ہی اندر زہر پی لیا ہو: کہ میری پیاری کو جب لے جایا جا رہا تھا تو اس نے پکارا، ‘ہائے ناتھ!’
While being carried away that beloved of mine would have cried aloud saying 'oh! my lord'. This thought is burning my body as though I have consumed poison in my stomach.
FAQs
Dharma is sensitivity to injustice: the pain arises from witnessing adharma (forced abduction) and strengthens the righteous duty to restore what is right.
The speaker recollects Sītā’s helpless cry during her abduction; the memory torments him like poison.
Compassion and moral urgency—suffering is not self-indulgent but tied to rectifying wrongdoing.