Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  Rama’s sending Sita to the forest is the most poignant episode in the epic, similar to the earlier exiling of Rama by Dasharatha.

Mahabharata:  For the regal Draupadi to become a menial maidservant, is a poignant adversity that shows her faithfulness and forbearance for her husbands. 

Bhagavad-gita:  The Gita begins with a poignant scene where the warrior Arjuna is reduced to tears because of the demanding duty of fighting against his venerable and virtuous elders.