Shloka 4.24.36
वालिवधोत्तरशोकः — Sugriva’s Remorse and Tara’s Lament after Vali’s Death
त्वं वेत्थ यावद्वनिताविहीनःप्राप्नोति दुःखं पुरुषः कुमारः।तत्त्वं प्रजानन् जहि मां न वालीदुःखं ममादर्शनजं भजेत।।
tvaṃ vettha yāvad vanitāvihīnaḥ prāpnoti duḥkhaṃ puruṣaḥ kumāraḥ | tattvaṃ prajānan jahi māṃ na vālī duḥkhaṃ mamādarśanajaṃ bhajet ||
You know how much sorrow a young man suffers when deprived of his wife. Knowing this truth, kill me—so that Vāli may not endure the pain that arises from not seeing me.
'You are aware of the grief of a young man separated from his wife. Kill me so that I can go to Vali. Let not Vali experience the sorrow of not seeing me.
Dharma is argued through compassion and experiential knowledge: one should act to prevent needless suffering when one understands it.
Tārā presses Rāma to end her life so that Vāli will not suffer separation from her.
Rāma’s presumed capacity for empathy—because he too knows separation (from Sītā).