Shloka 3.34.11
आरण्यकाण्डे चतुस्त्रिंशः सर्गः — Śūrpaṇakhā Reports to Rāvaṇa; Rāma’s Might and Sītā’s Description
ऋषीणामभयं दत्तं कृतक्षेमाश्च दण्डकाः।।3.34.10।।एका कथञ्चिन्मुक्ताहं परिभूय महात्मना। स्त्रीवधं शङ्कमानेन रामेण विदितात्मना।।3.34.11।।
ṛṣīṇām abhayaṃ dattaṃ kṛta-kṣemāś ca daṇḍakāḥ || 3.34.10 || ekā kathañcin muktāhaṃ paribhūya mahātmanā | strī-vadhaṃ śaṅkamānena rāmeṇa viditātmanā || 3.34.11 ||
Safety has been granted to the seers, and peace has been restored in Daṇḍaka. Humiliated by great-souled, self-knowing Rāma—who hesitated to kill a woman—I alone, somehow, escaped alive.
Sages have been assured safety. Peace has been restored to Dandaka forest. As Rama, the great soul, who knows the self, hesitated to kill a woman, I was alone saved after this humiliation.
The verse reiterates dharma as protection of the righteous and restraint in violence; moral hesitation is treated as a sign of principled conduct.
A repeated/variant presentation (as transmitted in this Southern Recension dataset) of Śūrpaṇakhā’s report to Rāvaṇa about Rāma’s actions in Daṇḍaka.
Rāma’s restraint and principled awareness, even while enforcing protection and order.