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## The Forty-Sixth Chapter
This wicked act of yours is sinful, reduces your lifespan, leads to hell, brings disrepute, is against dharma, and causes fear. ||13||
By desiring another man's wife, you will experience great sorrow, and your entire body will be consumed by remorse, like a body covered in ashes. ||14||
Your mind is filled with the mud of sin, so teaching you dharma is futile, like dancing in front of a blind man. ||15||
Oh, lowly one! By merely desiring another's wife, you will bind yourself to a great sin and go to hell, where you will suffer. ||16||
Even though Sita used harsh words to rebuke Ravana, his love for her did not diminish because his mind was consumed by lust. ||17||
After the battle with Khara and Dushana ended, the ministers, Shuk, Hast, Prahast, and others, were filled with anxiety because they had not seen their master, Ravana. When they saw his chariot approaching, adorned with a fluttering flag and shining like the morning sun, they were overjoyed and went to meet him. ||18-19||
They offered him divine gifts, showered him with praise, and welcomed him with great pomp, but Sita remained unmoved by their wealth and offerings. ||20||
Who in this world is wise enough to drink fire, or touch a gem-studded rod placed on the head of a serpent? ||21||
Even though Sita had scorned Ravana, comparing him to a blade of grass, he placed his hands together in a gesture of respect, with ten fingers joined, and bowed to her repeatedly. ||22||
Ravana, surrounded by ministers who were as powerful as Indra, and who had come from all directions, was praised with words like "Victory to you, grow prosperous, be blessed," which were pleasing to the ears. He entered Lanka, a city as vast as the earth. ||23-24||
At that time, Sita thought, "This king of the Vidyadharas is acting without any restraint. Where can one find refuge when such a person is around?" ||25||
"I will not eat until I receive news of my husband's well-being. This is my vow." ||26||