Shloka 19
एकोनचत्वारिंशः सर्गः (Aranyakanda 39): राक्षसस्य रामत्रासवर्णनम् / The Demon’s Account of Rama
Fear
रणे रामेण युद्ध्यस्व क्षमां वा कुरु राक्षस ।न ते रामकथा कार्या यदि मां द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ।। ।।
raṇe rāmeṇa yuddhyasva kṣamāṃ vā kuru rākṣasa |
na te rāmakathā kāryā yadi māṃ draṣṭum icchasi ||
ৰণত ৰামৰ সৈতে যুদ্ধ কৰ; নতুবা, হে ৰাক্ষস, ক্ষমা কৰি সন্ধি কৰ। কিন্তু যদি মোক জীৱিত দেখা ইচ্ছা কৰ, তেন্তে ৰামৰ বিষয়ে কথা বা পৰিকল্পনা নকৰিবা।
Missing
FAQs
Dharma favors de-escalation and accountability: either meet consequences openly (battle) or choose reconciliation (peace), but avoid deceitful obsession that leads to wider harm.
Marīca sets boundaries with Rāvaṇa: he implies that any scheme centered on Rāma will be fatal, and he will not be part of it.
Moral courage: Marīca speaks plainly to power and signals refusal to enable an unrighteous course.