Shloka 14
महापार्श्वस्य परामर्शः
Mahāpārśva’s Counsel and Rāvaṇa’s Confession of Brahmā’s Curse
अद्यप्रभृतियामन्याबलान्नारींगमिष्यसि ।तदातेशतधामूर्धाफलिष्यतिनसंशयः ।।।।
adya prabhṛti yām anyāṃ balān nārīṃ gamiṣyasi |
tadā te śatadhā mūrdhā phaliṣyati na saṃśayaḥ ||
ចាប់ពីថ្ងៃនេះតទៅ ប្រសិនបើអ្នកទៅរកស្ត្រីណាម្នាក់ដោយកម្លាំងបាយ នោះក្បាលរបស់អ្នកនឹងបែកជាមួយរយចំណែក ដោយគ្មានការសង្ស័យឡើយ។
"Thus, frightened on account of his curse, I do not perforce to get her to my lustrous bed."
FAQs
Dharma protects bodily autonomy and condemns coercion: violence against women is met with immediate, divinely enforced consequence.
Brahmā issues a punitive constraint on Rāvaṇa, specifically targeting his tendency to pursue women forcibly.
The virtue upheld is respect and non-violence (ahiṃsā) toward women; the verse also underscores divine guardianship of dharma.