Shloka 3.41.5
मारीचस्य रावणं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः (Maricha’s Counsel on Kingship and Ruin to Ravana)
केनेदमुपदिष्टं ते क्षुद्रेणाहितवादिना।यस्त्वामिच्छति नश्यन्तं स्वकृतेन निशाचर।।।।
kenedaṃ upadiṣṭaṃ te kṣudreṇāhitavādinā | yas tvām icchati naśyantaṃ svakṛtena niśācara ||
O night-roamer, by whom—by what petty, ill-speaking adviser—have you been instructed thus? For he who wishes you to perish through your own deed is no friend to you.
O Ravana! by which mean fellow is this advice given against your welfare? Who wants you to be destroyed by your own action.
Dharma requires choosing हित (benefit) over अहित (harm). An adviser who leads one into self-caused ruin violates the ethical role of counsel.
Mārīca criticizes the source of Rāvaṇa’s resolve, implying that the plan is so ruinous that only a malicious adviser would promote it.
Discernment in relationships: recognizing true friendship as that which prevents self-harm.