Shloka 11
द्वादशः सर्गः — Rama’s Proof of Power, the First Duel, and the Identification Mark
Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 12
तमद्यैव प्रियार्थं मे वैरिणं भ्रातृरूपिणम्।वालिनं जहि काकुत्स्थ मया बद्धोऽयमञ्जलिः4.12.11।।
tam adyaiva priyārthaṃ me vairiṇaṃ bhrātṛrūpiṇam | vālinaṃ jahi kākutstha mayā baddho 'yam añjaliḥ ||
فلذلك، اليومَ بعينه، يا كاكوتسثا، اقتل فالي عدوّي الذي يتّخذ هيئة أخٍ، من أجلي؛ فها أنا ذا أضمّ كفّيّ متضرّعًا إليك.
'O Rama, for my pleasure kill Vali who is, to me, an enemy in the guise of a brother. I fold my hands to you.
FAQs
The verse raises the dharmic tension between kinship and justice: Sugriva frames Vali as an unjust aggressor, arguing that wrongdoing can nullify the moral protection normally granted by brotherhood.
Sugriva urgently petitions Rama to remove Vali, whom he describes as a hostile brother, and does so with supplication.
Sugriva’s humility in seeking help and his insistence on remedy against adharma (wrongdoing).