Shloka 4
सुवेलारोहणम्
The Ascent of Suvela and the First Full View of Laṅkā
लङ्कांचालोकयिष्यामोनिलयंतस्यरक्षसः ।येनमेमरणान्तायहृताभार्यादुरात्मना ।।।।येनधर्मोनविज्ञातोनतद्वृत्तंनकुलंतथा ।राक्षस्यानीचयाबुद् ध्यायेनतद्गर्हितंकृतम् ।।।।
laṅkāṃ ca ālokayiṣyāmo nilayaṃ tasya rakṣasaḥ | yena me maraṇāntāya hṛtā bhāryā durātmanā || yena dharmo na vijñāto na tad-vṛttaṃ na kulaṃ tathā | rākṣasyā nīcayā buddhyā yena tad garhitaṃ kṛtam ||
そして我らはランカーを望み見るであろう。あの羅刹の住処を――悪しき魂の者が、まるで我を死へ追いやるかのように我が妻を奪ったのだ。彼はダルマを知らず、正しい行いも、家系の名誉も顧みず、卑しい羅刹の知で、あの恥ずべき所業をなした。
"We shall see Lanka the abode of Rakshasa by whom, who is evil minded as he is to face death, has stolen my consort not knowing, who turned away from righteous duty not knowing the race with lowly Rakshasa mentality, who is immoral."
FAQs
Adharma is defined through violation of another’s marriage and disregard for righteous conduct and lineage-honor; the verse frames abducting Sītā as a paradigmatic shameful act.
Rāma, nearing Laṅkā, speaks of seeing the city and recalls the wrong that brought the war—Sītā’s abduction by Rāvaṇa.
Moral clarity and commitment to maryādā (ethical boundaries): Rāma names the act as garhita (reprehensible) and grounds the conflict in dharma.