Valmiki Ramayana 2.109.21: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 109, Shloka 21
सत्यधर्मप्रतिपादनम्
Rama’s Defense of Truth and Dharma in Reply to Jabali
कायेन कुरुते पापं मनसा सम्प्रधार्य तत् ।
अनृतं जिह्वया चाह त्रिविधं कर्मपातकम् ॥२१॥
kāyena kurute pāpaṁ manasā sampradhārya tat |
anṛtaṁ jihvayā cāha trividhaṁ karma-pātakam ||21||
पहले इंसान मन में बुरा सोचता है। फिर वो अपने बॉडी से पाप करता है। और फिर झूठ बोलता है। इस तरह पाप तीन जगह होता है, मन में, काम में, और बात में।
At first a man conceives an evil idea in his mind, then executes it through evil deed with his body and tells a lie through his tongue. Thus sinful action is three dimensional (mental, physical and vocal).
FAQs
Ethical discipline must cover thought, action, and speech; satya requires inner purity, not only outward compliance.
Rāma explains why compromising truth is not a small matter: it spreads across the whole moral personality.
Self-restraint (saṁyama) across mind, body, and speech.
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