Shloka 3.65.16

रामक्रोधवर्णनम् — Lakshmana’s Counsel to the Enraged Rama

Devanagari script

शीलेन साम्ना विनयेन सीतां नयेन न प्राप्स्यसि चेन्नरेन्द्र।ततस्समुत्सादय हेमपुङ्खै र्महेन्द्रवज्रप्रतिमैश्शरौघैः।।।।

Transliteration

vīkṣamāṇaṃ dhanus sajyaṃ niśśvasantaṃ punaḥ punaḥ |

dagdhukāmaṃ jagat sarvaṃ yugānte ca yathā haram ||

Translation

Again and again he looked upon his strung bow, breathing out fierce breaths, as though he wished to burn the entire world—like Hara (Śiva) at the end of time.

Context

O king! if you fail to get Sita through appeasement, through humility or diplomacy then you destroy (the three worlds) by your gold-tipped stream of arrows comparable to Indra's thunderbolt.ইত্যার্ষে শ্রীমদ্রামাযণে বাল্মীকীয আদিকাব্যে অরণ্যকাণ্ডে পঞ্চষষ্টিতমস্সর্গঃ৷৷Thus ends the sixtyfifth sarga of Aranyakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• Hara (Śiva)
• yugānta (end of an age)

FAQs

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

Power without restraint becomes catastrophic; Dharma requires that even justified anger be governed by discrimination (viveka).

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma’s grief escalates into a near-cosmic fury, symbolized by his readiness with the bow.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

The implied virtue is temperance: the heroic capacity to pause, reflect, and act proportionately rather than impulsively.