Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 109, Shloka 21
सत्यधर्मप्रतिपादनम्
Rama’s Defense of Truth and Dharma in Reply to Jabali
कायेन कुरुते पापं मनसा सम्प्रधार्य तत्।
अनृतं जिह्वया चाह त्रिविधं कर्मपातकम्।।2.109.21।।
kāyena kurute pāpaṁ manasā sampradhārya tat |
anṛtaṁ jihvayā cāha trividhaṁ karma-pātakam ||2.109.21||
মনে পাপের সংকল্প করে মানুষ দেহ দ্বারা তা করে, আর জিহ্বা দ্বারা অসত্য বলে—এইভাবে পাপকর্ম ত্রিবিধ হয়: মানসিক, কায়িক ও বাচিক।
At first a man conceives an evil idea in his mind, then executes it through evil deed with his body and tells a lie through his tongue. Thus sinful action is three dimensional (mental, physical and vocal).
FAQs
Ethical discipline must cover thought, action, and speech; satya requires inner purity, not only outward compliance.
Rāma explains why compromising truth is not a small matter: it spreads across the whole moral personality.
Self-restraint (saṁyama) across mind, body, and speech.