न मां दशरथः शक्तः सोढुमन्यः पुमान् इह ।मां सीतां रावणो जेतुं न शक्यः सर्वथा क्वचित्
na māṃ daśarathaḥ śaktaḥ soḍhumanyaḥ pumān iha | māṃ sītāṃ rāvaṇo jetuṃ na śakyaḥ sarvathā kvacit
Sita's words in the Ashoka grove — spoken not to Hanuman but to herself and her tormentors. This is the Sundara Kanda's most powerful statement of female sovereignty: Sita is not merely a victim waiting for rescue. She is a person of complete inner independence whose body is captive but whose soul has not been touched. "Rāvaṇo jetuṃ na śakyaḥ" — Ravana can never conquer me. The Sundara Kanda makes clear: the real conquest Ravana sought was not physical possession but inner submission. He never achieved it. Sita's "beautiful chapter" is the story of her own victory, independent of Rama's rescue.
अर्थMeaning
न दशरथ, न कोई अन्य पुरुष — वह सह सकता जो मैंने सहा है। रावण मुझे — सीता को — किसी भी रूप में, कभी नहीं जीत सकता।
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
Not Dasharatha, not any other man could endure what I have endured. Ravana can never, in any way, conquer me — Sita.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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न दशरथ, न कोई अन्य पुरुष — वह सह सकता जो मैंने सहा है। इसे किसी एक घटना का संयोग न मानकर एक नियम की तरह पढ़ना इस पंक्ति का बल है।
A modern parallel offered for reflection. It is not part of the scripture, and it has not been checked against the original sources it may allude to.
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