Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 29: Sītā Persists in Requesting Him to Take Her to the ForestText 2.29.7
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Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 29: Sītā Persists in Requesting Him to Take Her to the Forest
Text 2.29.7
पतिहीना तु या नारी न सा शक्ष्यति जीवितुम्।
काममेवंविधं राम त्वया मम विदर्शितम्॥
pati-hīnā tu yā nārī na sā śakṣyati jīvitum
kāmam evaṁ-vidhaṁ rāma tvayā mama vidarśitam
pati-hīnā tu = is without her husband; yā = who; nārī = a woman; na sā śakṣyati = cannot; jīvitum = survive; kāmam = often; evam-vidham = in this manner; rāma = Rāma; tvayā = You; mama = me; vidarśitam = have instructed.
A woman who is without her husband cannot survive. Rāma, You have often instructed me in this manner.
GLOSS. [The glossator reads nidarśitam instead of vidarśitam.] The second line means: “Rāma, You have whimsically told me to conduct myself under the shelter of Bharata and so on because a woman without her husband cannot live.” It can also be split into kāmam evaṁ-vidhaṁ rāma tvayā amama nidarśitam: “Rāma, You have revealed Your desire without considering that I belong to You.”