Shloka 3.59.6
अरण्यकाण्डे एकोनषष्टितमः सर्गः — Maricha’s Mimic Cry and the Rama–Lakshmana–Sita Confrontation
न स्वयं कामकारेण तां त्यक्त्वाहमिहागतः।प्रचोदित स्तयैवोग्रैस्त्वत्सकाशमिहागतः।।।।
vikṛṣya cāpaṃ paridhāya sāyakaṃ salīla-bāṇena ca tāḍito mayā |
mārgīṃ tanuṃ tyajya sa viklaba-svaro babhūva keyūra-dharaḥ sa rākṣasaḥ ||
Drawing my bow and setting the arrow, I struck him with an effortless shot. Casting off the body of a deer, that rākṣasa—wearing an armlet—appeared, crying out in a faltering, anguished voice.
I did not leave her on my own nor have I come here of my own accord. I came to you,provoked by her angry words.
Dharma upholds clarity over illusion: when deceit is unmasked, righteous force may be used to neutralize harm, especially to protect the innocent.
Rama describes shooting the ‘deer’; it sheds the disguise and reveals itself as a rākṣasa, wounded and crying out.
Skill and composure in action—Rama’s controlled, precise response in defense of dharma.