Shloka 6.83.20

त्र्यशीतितमः सर्गः (Sarga 83) — Hanumān Reports Sītā’s ‘Slaying’; Rāma Collapses; Lakṣmaṇa’s Counter-Discourse on Dharma and Artha

Devanagari script

धर्मेणोपलभेद्धर्ममधर्मंचाप्यधर्मतः ।यद्यधर्मेणयुज्येयुर्येष्वधर्मःप्रतिष्ठितः ।।6.83.19।।यदिधर्मेणवियुज्येरन्नधर्मरुचयोजनाः ।धर्मेणचरतांधर्मंचैषांधर्मफलंभवेत् ।।6.83.20।।

Transliteration

yadi dharmeṇa viyujyeran adharma-rucayo janāḥ |

dharmeṇa caratāṃ dharmaṃ caiṣāṃ dharma-phalaṃ bhavet ||6.83.20||

Translation

If people who delight in adharma were separated from dharma, then those who live by dharma would obtain dharma—and for them the fruit of dharma would indeed come to be.

Context

"The righteous attains the benefit through righteous means, and the unrighteous suffer by unrighteous means. If unrighteousness is rooted in the unrighteous and are pleased with unrighteousness they will be deprived of the result of righteousness. It is not otherwise."

FAQs

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

It asserts that dharma has its own fruit, but its fruition depends on consistent alignment with dharma (and not mingling with adharma).

What is the narrative situation?

Continuation of a moral-logic response: the speaker frames dharma’s results as real, countering the earlier claim that outcomes are random.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Śīla (ethical habit): living steadily by dharma so that dharma’s results can manifest.