Shloka 67

अपि चायं पुरा गीत: श्लोको वाल्मीकिना भुवि । न हन्तव्या: स्त्रिय इति यद्‌ ब्रवीषि प्लवड्भम,महर्षि वाल्मीकिने पूर्वकालमें ही इस भूतलपर एक श्लोकका गान किया है। जिसका भावार्थ इस प्रकार है--“वानर! तुम जो यह कहते हो कि स्त्रियोंका वध नहीं करना चाहिये, उसके उत्तरमें मेरा यह कहना है कि उद्योगी मनुष्यके लिये सदा सब समय वह कार्य करने ही योग्य माना गया है, जो शत्रुओंको पीड़ा देनेवाला हो”

api cāyaṃ purā gītaḥ śloko vālmīkinā bhuvi | na hantavyāḥ striya iti yad bravīṣi plavaṅgama ||

Sañjaya sprach: „Ferner wurde einst auf dieser Erde von Vālmīki ein Śloka gesungen: ‚Frauen dürfen nicht getötet werden.‘ O Affenkrieger, da du so sprichst, lautet die Antwort: Für den Entschlossenen, der unablässig strebt, gilt stets als tauglich jene Tat, die den Feinden Schmerz bereitet.“

अपिalso, moreover
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अयम्this (one/this)
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
पुराformerly, earlier
पुरा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा
गीतःsung/recited
गीतः:
TypeVerb
Rootगी (गाय्)
Formpast passive participle (क्त), masculine, nominative, singular
श्लोकःa verse
श्लोकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्लोक
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
वाल्मीकिनाby Vālmīki
वाल्मीकिना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवाल्मीकि
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
भुविon earth
भुवि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभू
Formfeminine, locative, singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
हन्तव्याःto be killed (fit to be slain)
हन्तव्याः:
TypeAdjective
Rootहन्
Formgerundive (तव्य), feminine, nominative, plural
स्त्रियःwomen
स्त्रियः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री
Formfeminine, nominative, plural
इतिthus, saying
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
यत्which/that (what)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
ब्रवीषिyou say
ब्रवीषि:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
Formpresent indicative (लट्), second, singular, parasmaipada
प्लवगO monkey (vanara)
प्लवग:
TypeNoun
Rootप्लवग
Formmasculine, vocative, singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
V
Vālmīki
P
plavaṅgama (vanara/monkey-warrior)

Educational Q&A

The verse invokes an older, authoritative saying attributed to Vālmīki—‘women should not be slain’—and then frames a hard-edged counter-argument that, in hostile conflict, a determined agent may regard as ‘proper’ whatever effectively harms the enemy. It highlights the tension between protective dharma (non-violence toward women) and ruthless war-ethics (enemy-affliction as expediency).

Sañjaya reports a statement in which a speaker cites Vālmīki’s earlier verse as a precedent and addresses a ‘plavaṅgama’ (a vanara/monkey-warrior), responding to the claim that women should not be killed by asserting a contrary, pragmatic principle aimed at defeating enemies.