Shloka 4.12.11
द्वादशः सर्गः — Rama’s Proof of Power, the First Duel, and the Identification Mark (Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 12)
तमद्यैव प्रियार्थं मे वैरिणं भ्रातृरूपिणम्।वालिनं जहि काकुत्स्थ मया बद्धोऽयमञ्जलिः4.12.11।।
tam adyaiva priyārthaṃ me vairiṇaṃ bhrātṛrūpiṇam | vālinaṃ jahi kākutstha mayā baddho 'yam añjaliḥ ||
Therefore, even today—O Kakutstha—slay Vali, my enemy who bears the form of a brother, for my sake; with folded hands I entreat you.
'O Rama, for my pleasure kill Vali who is, to me, an enemy in the guise of a brother. I fold my hands to you.
The verse raises the dharmic tension between kinship and justice: Sugriva frames Vali as an unjust aggressor, arguing that wrongdoing can nullify the moral protection normally granted by brotherhood.
Sugriva urgently petitions Rama to remove Vali, whom he describes as a hostile brother, and does so with supplication.
Sugriva’s humility in seeking help and his insistence on remedy against adharma (wrongdoing).