Shloka 41
सीतारावणसंवादः
Ravana Reveals Himself; Sita Affirms Rama’s Dharma
अक्षि सूच्या प्रमृजसि जिह्वया लेक्षि च क्षुरम्।राघवस्य प्रियां भार्यां योऽधिगन्तुं त्वमिच्छसि।।3.47.41।।
akṣi sūcyā pramṛjasi jihvayā lekṣi ca kṣuram | rāghavasya priyāṁ bhāryāṁ yo 'dhigantuṁ tvam icchasi || 3.47.41 ||
إن السعي لانتهاك حرمة زوجة راغافا الحبيبة يشبه فرك عينيك بإبرة، ولعق حافة موسى بلسانك.
You wish to violate the loving wife of Rama. You are rubbing your eyes with a needle and licking the razor with your tongue.
FAQs
Respecting marital sanctity and another’s spouse is central to Dharma; violating it harms both victim and violator and invites righteous retribution.
Mārīca uses vivid self-injury images to show that abducting/violating Sītā will destroy Rāvaṇa.
Maryādā (moral boundaries) and reverence for chastity—Sītā’s protected status as Rāma’s beloved wife.