Shloka 3.57.7

मारीचवधोत्तरं रामस्य शङ्का-निमित्त-दर्शनं लक्ष्मण-निग्रहश्च (After Maricha’s Slaying: Omens, Anxiety, and Rama’s Rebuke of Lakshmana)

Devanagari script

राक्षसैस्सहितैर्नूनं सीताया ईप्सितो वधः।काञ्चनश्च मृगो भूत्वा व्यपनीयाश्रमात्तु माम्।।।।दूरं नीत्वा तु मारीचो राक्षसोऽभूच्छरा हतः।हा लक्ष्मण हतोऽस्मीति यद्वाक्यं व्याजहार ह।।।।

Transliteration

rākṣasaiḥ sahitair nūnaṃ sītāyā īpsito vadhaḥ | kāñcanaś ca mṛgo bhūtvā vyapanīyāśramāt tu mām ||

Translation

Surely, together with the rākṣasas, Sītā’s death has been desired and planned. For Mārīca, having become a golden deer, drew me away from the hermitage (āśrama).

Context

'Hence the murder of Sita must have been jointly planned by the demons. Maricha who had assumed the form of a golden deer, took me away from the hermitage to a far-off place where, killed by my arrows, he turned a demon uttering the words, Alas, Lakshmana, I am killed.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• rākṣasas
• Mā rīca
• āśrama (hermitage)

FAQs

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

Dharma includes accountability: Rāma recognizes how removing the protector from the protected creates moral peril, and he reads the situation as an organized assault on the innocent.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma concludes that the golden-deer episode was designed to pull him away from the āśrama so Sītā could be targeted.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Moral clarity and protective intent—Rāma quickly identifies the injustice directed at Sītā.