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Shloka 6.81.19

इन्द्रजितो मायासीतावधः — Indrajit’s Illusory Sita Episode and Hanuman’s Rebuke

धिक्त्वांपापसमाचारंयस्यतेमतिरिदृशी ।नृशंसानार्य दुर्वृत्त क्षुद्र पापपराक्रम ।।।।अनार्यस्येदृशंकर्मघृणातेनास्तिनिर्घृण ।

durātman ātmanāśāya keśapakṣe parāmṛśaḥ | brahmarṣīṇāṃ kule jāto rākṣasīṃ yonim āśritaḥ ||

O evil-minded one—seizing her by the hair is only for your own ruin. Though born in a lineage associated with Brahmarṣis, you have taken refuge in a Rākṣasī womb and conduct.

"You are ignoble, mean, of sinful prowess, not merciful. You have resolved to take such a sinful action which is not worthy of you. You have no compassion to act in this manner."

H
Hanumān
I
Indrajit (Meghanāda)
B
Brahmarṣis
R
Rākṣasī

Violence and humiliation directed at a protected woman (Sītā) is adharma and leads to self-destruction; Dharma upholds restraint and protection of the vulnerable.

Hanumān rebukes Indrajit for manhandling Sītā, warning that such an act will bring ruin upon the perpetrator.

Hanumān’s dharmic courage: fearless moral condemnation of wrongdoing, especially against an innocent woman.