“As I am the wife of that pious soul and the daughter-in-law of Dasharatha, how is it that your tongue did not fall off speaking to me in this way?” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 22.19)… Read More ›
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A Diseased Condition
“Why is that your cruel, crooked, blackish and yellowish eyes do not fall to the ground while looking at me, O uncivilized one?” (Sita Devi, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 22.18) ive te nayane krūte virūpe kṛṣṇapiṅgale | kṣitau na patite… Read More ›
Not Knowing The Value Of Life
“Why is that your cruel, crooked, blackish and yellowish eyes do not fall to the ground while looking at me, O uncivilized one?” (Sita Devi, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 22.18) ive te nayane krūte virūpe kṛṣṇapiṅgale | kṣitau na patite… Read More ›
Say It To My Face
“You are not ashamed to speak against the Lord of the Ikshvakus, for as long as He is not within your vision.” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 22.17) sa tvamikṣvākunātham vai kṣipanniha na lajjase | cakṣuṣorviṣayam… Read More ›
Climbing Aboard
“Like a proud elephant meeting a rabbit in the forest, Rama is like the elephant and you, O vile one, are like the rabbit.” (Sita Devi, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 22.16) yathā dṛptaśca mātaṅgaḥ śaśaśca sahitau vane | tathā dviradavadrāmastvaṃ… Read More ›
Running Scared
“Like a proud elephant meeting a rabbit in the forest, Rama is like the elephant and you, O vile one, are like the rabbit.” (Sita Devi, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 22.16) yathā dṛptaśca mātaṅgaḥ śaśaśca sahitau vane | tathā dviradavadrāmastvaṃ… Read More ›
The Elephant and the Rabbit
“Like a proud elephant meeting a rabbit in the forest, Rama is like the elephant and you, O vile one, are like the rabbit.” (Sita Devi, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 22.16) yathā dṛptaśca mātaṅgaḥ śaśaśca sahitau vane | tathā dviradavadrāmastvaṃ… Read More ›
Lowest Among Man-Eaters
“Since you have spoken such sinful words to the wife of the immeasurably resplendent Rama, to what place will you go to be free, O lowest of the Rakshasas?” (Sita Devi, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 22.15) rākṣasādhama rāmasya bhāryāmamitatejasaḥ |… Read More ›
Misunderstanding Dharma
“Other than you, who in the three worlds would even think of desiring me, for I am the wife of that pious-soul, as Shachi is to Indra?” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 22.14) māṃ hi dharmātmanaḥ… Read More ›
Of Unsound Mind
“Other than you, who in the three worlds would even think of desiring me, for I am the wife of that pious-soul, as Shachi is to Indra?” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 22.14) māṃ hi dharmātmanaḥ… Read More ›