Shloka 15
षष्ठस्सर्गः — तपस्विरक्षणे राजधर्मोपदेशः
Sarga 6: The Sages’ Appeal and Instruction on Royal Duty
सोऽयं ब्राह्मणभूयिष्ठो वानप्रस्थगणो महान्।त्वन्नाथोऽनाथवद्राम राक्षसैर्वध्यते भृशम्।।।।
so 'yaṃ brāhmaṇabhūyiṣṭho vānaprasthagaṇo mahān |
tvannātho 'nāthavad rāma rākṣasair vadhyate bhṛśam ||
ឱ ព្រះរាម សហគមន៍វានប្រស្ថមុនីដ៏អស្ចារ្យនេះ—ភាគច្រើនជាព្រាហ្មណ៍—ទោះមានព្រះអង្គជាព្រះនាថ ក៏កំពុងត្រូវរាក្សសសម្លាប់យ៉ាងសាហាវ ដូចជាពួកយើងគ្មានអ្នកការពារ។
One fourth of the supreme merit a sage earns by living on fruits and roots, accrues to the king through which the people are protected righteously.
FAQs
Dharma demands protection of the vulnerable; the verse frames unchecked violence against ascetics as a failure of the protective order that righteous power is meant to uphold.
Sages report ongoing attacks by rākṣasas and stress the urgency: despite Rāma’s presence as a rightful protector, they are being killed.
The sages’ truthfulness and moral urgency in petitioning; and by implication, Rāma’s expected virtue of protective justice.