Shloka 11
निकुम्भिला-यज्ञविघ्नोपदेशः
Counsel to Disrupt the Nikumbhilā Rite
याच्यमानःसुबहुशोमयाहितचिकीर्षुणा ।वैदेहीमुत्सृजस्वेति न च तत्कृतवान्वचः ।।।।
yācyamānaḥ subahuśo mayā hitacikīrṣuṇā |
vaidehīm utsṛjasveti na ca tat kṛtavān vacaḥ ||
私は彼のためを思い、幾度も「ヴァイデーヒーを解き放て」と懇願したが、彼はその言葉に従って行動しなかった。
"She can't be perceived by recourse, by charity, by dissension or even by war. Why again any other means. There is no chance."
FAQs
Dharma includes giving truthful, welfare-oriented counsel even to a wrongdoer; refusing such counsel leads to adharma and self-destruction.
Vibhīṣaṇa recounts to Rāma that he urged Rāvaṇa to return Sītā for Rāvaṇa’s own good, but Rāvaṇa rejected the advice.
Vibhīṣaṇa’s satya (truthfulness) and hita (benevolence): he advises for the enemy’s welfare, not out of fear or flattery.