Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 117, Shloka 27
सीतासमीपगमनम् / Sītā Brought Near to Rāma
Public Witness and Protocol
न गृहाणि न वस्त्राणि न प्राकारास्तिरस्क्रिया ।नेदृशाराजसत्कारावृत्तमावरणंस्त्रियाः ।।।।
na gṛhāṇi na vastrāṇi na prākārās tiraskriyā |
edṛśā rāja-satkārā vṛttam āvaraṇaṃ striyāḥ ||
“对女子而言，房舍、衣裳、城墙、面纱——乃至王者的礼遇与重重围护——都并非真正的护佑。”
"For women it is not the house, boundary wall or clothes or protective wall or screen of cloth or even this kind of royal treatment or surrounding, is the protection."
FAQs
Dharma teaches that real safety is grounded in righteous conduct and social responsibility, not merely in physical seclusion, barriers, or display of honor.
Rāma argues against excessive crowd-clearing done in the name of ‘protecting’ propriety, reframing what true protection means.
Rāma’s moral clarity and fairness—he challenges superficial notions of honor and protection.