Shloka 16

रावण–मारीचसंवादः तथा मृगप्रलोभनपूर्वकं सीताहरणोपक्रमः

Rāvaṇa–Mārīca Dialogue and the Decoy-Deer Prelude to Sītā’s Abduction

Devanagari script

ईर्ष्याोशोकक्लमापेता मोहमात्सर्यवर्जिता: । सुखं स्वर्गजितस्तत्र वर्तयन्ते महामुने,महामुने! जो अपने सत्कर्मोद्वारा स्वर्गलोकपर विजय पा चुके हैं, वे वहाँ बड़े सुखसे जीवन बिताते हैं। उनमें किसीके प्रति ईर्ष्या नहीं होती, वे कभी शोक तथा थकावटका अनुभव नहीं करते एवं मोह तथा मार्सर्य (द्वेषभाव)-से सदा दूर रहते हैं

Transliteration

īrṣyāśokaklamāpetā mohamātsaryavarjitāḥ | sukhaṃ svargajitas tatra vartayante mahāmune ||

Translation

天界の使者は言った。「おお大賢者よ、自らの功徳によって天界の領域を勝ち得た者たちは、そこで安楽に暮らす。彼らには嫉みがなく、悲しみも疲れも知らず、迷いと悪意にも染まらぬ。」

Word by Word

• {'īrṣyā': 'envy, jealousy', 'śoka': 'grief, sorrow', 'klama': 'weariness, fatigue', 'apeta': 'gone away, removed', 'moha': 'delusion, bewilderment', 'mātsarya': 'malice, spite, ill-will (often also ‘envy’ in a hostile sense)', 'varjita': 'devoid of, free from', 'sukham': 'happiness, ease', 'svarga': 'heavenly world, Svarga', 'jita': 'conquered, won', 'svargajita': 'one who has won heaven (by merit)', 'tatra': 'there (in that realm)', 'vartayante': 'they live, they conduct themselves, they pass their time', 'mahāmune': 'O great sage'}

Speaker

देवदूत उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Devadūta (celestial messenger)
• Svarga (heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Heaven is portrayed not merely as a place of pleasure but as a state attained by puṇya (meritorious action) and characterized by inner purification: absence of envy, grief, fatigue, delusion, and malice. Ethical conduct yields both external reward (Svarga) and internal transformation (freedom from destructive emotions).

What is happening in the narrative?

A celestial messenger addresses a great sage and describes the condition of those who have earned heaven through righteous deeds: they dwell there happily and are free from negative mental states such as jealousy, sorrow, delusion, and spite.