Shloka 3.56.9

सीताया रावणनिन्दा — अशोकवनिकाप्रवेशः (Sita’s Rebuke of Ravana; Removal to the Ashoka Grove)

Devanagari script

स ते जीवितशेषस्य राघवोऽन्तकरो बली।पशोर्यूपगतस्येव जीवितं तव दुर्लभम्।।।।

Transliteration

sa te jīvitaśeṣasya rāghavo 'ntakaro balī |

paśor yūpagatasyeva jīvitaṃ tava durlabham ||

Translation

Powerful Rāghava will become the end of whatever little life remains to you; like a beast tied to the sacrificial post, survival will be hard for you to obtain.

Context

Powerful Rama will put an end to whatever little life you are left with. Just as a beasttied to a sacrificial post, you will not survive.

Characters & Entities

• Rāghava (Rāma)
• Rāvaṇa
• yūpa (sacrificial post)
• paśu (sacrificial animal)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma underscores inevitability of moral consequence: when one chooses adharma and becomes bound by it, escape becomes as unlikely as a sacrificial beast’s release from the post.

What is the narrative situation?

Continuing his counsel, Marīca vividly warns Rāvaṇa that Rāma will end his life, using a sacrificial metaphor to stress certainty.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Moral clarity and foresight: the speaker frames adharma as self-binding and predicts its fatal end.