Shloka 70
शरत्प्रवेशे रामविलापः तथा सुग्रीवप्रमादे लक्ष्मणप्रेषणम्
Autumn’s Onset: Rama’s Lament and Lakshmana Sent to Sugriva
त्वं च किष्किन्धां प्रविश्य ब्रूहि वानरपुङ्गवम्।मूर्खं ग्राम्यसुखे सक्तं सुग्रीवं वचनान्मम।।
tvaṃ ca kiṣkindhāṃ praviśya brūhi vānarapuṅgavam | mūrkhaṃ grāmyasukhe saktaṃ sugrīvaṃ vacanān mama ||
汝はキシュキンダーに入り、我が言葉として、猿たちの長スグリーヴァに告げよ。あの愚か者は卑俗な快楽に溺れている。
'How will the young lady (Sita) whose voice is like the sarasa bird's, who was revelling, listening to its sweet cackle at the hermitage be living now?
FAQs
Dharma requires prioritizing duty over indulgence: leadership must restrain pleasure when promises and public obligations demand action.
Rāma instructs Lakṣmaṇa to go to Kiṣkindhā and confront Sugrīva, who has become complacent in enjoyment and is delaying the search effort.
Lakṣmaṇa’s role as disciplined executor of dharma—he is entrusted to deliver a firm message to restore rightful action.