Shloka 18
अवजानन्नहं मोहाद्बालोऽयमिति राघवम्।विश्वामित्रस्य तां वेदिमभ्यधावं कृतत्वरः।।3.38.18।।
avajānann ahaṁ mohād bālo ’yam iti rāghavam |
viśvāmitrasya tāṁ vediṁ abhyadhāvaṁ kṛta-tvaraḥ || 3.38.18 ||
মোহবশত মই ৰাঘৱক ‘ই কেৱল এজন বালক’ বুলি অৱজ্ঞা কৰি, তৎক্ষণাৎ ত্বৰিত হৈ বিশ্বামিত্ৰৰ যজ্ঞবেদীৰ ফালে ধাৱিত হ’লোঁ।
I entered at once and lifted my weapons. Rama saw me and unperturbed, started stringing his bow.
FAQs
Moha (delusion) leads to adharma: contempt for a righteous person and an attack on the sacrificial altar are portrayed as moral blindness that invites correction.
Mārīca admits he misjudged Rāma’s capability and rushed to violate the sacrificial space of Viśvāmitra.
Reverence for the sacred (yajña-vedi) is the implied virtue; violating it marks the aggressor as adharmic and justifies protective action.