Shloka 21
मारीचप्रलोभनम् / Ravana Solicits Maricha’s Aid
Golden Deer Stratagem
ततः पश्चात्सुखं रामे भार्याहरणकर्शिते।विस्रब्धः प्रहरिष्यामि कृतार्थेनान्तरात्मना।।।।
tataḥ paścāt sukhaṃ rāme bhāryāharaṇakarśite |
visrabdhaḥ prahariṣyāmi kṛtārthenāntarātmanā ||
その後、妻を奪われ苦悩するラーマを、私は安らかに打ち倒すだろう。目的を達したという自信と満足を胸に抱いて。
Thereafter, when Rama with his soul afflicted due to his wife's abduction. I can freely, happily, successfully strike him down.
FAQs
The verse shows adharma compounding wrongdoing: first abducting, then exploiting grief to attack. Dharma forbids taking advantage of another’s suffering and condemns violence rooted in selfish gain.
Rāvaṇa states his intention to defeat Rāma after destabilizing him emotionally through Sītā’s abduction.
The virtue of kṣamā and steadiness under suffering is implicitly foregrounded as what a dharmic hero must embody—precisely what Rāvaṇa hopes to undermine in Rāma.