दूत-नीति, शुक-प्रसङ्गः
Envoy-Ethics and the Episode of Śuka
शुकस्यवचनंश्रुत्वारामस्तुपरिदेवितम् ।उवाचमावधिष्टेतिघ्नतश्शाखामृगर्षभान् ।।।।
śukasya vacanaṃ śrutvā rāmas tu paridevitam |
uvāca mā vadhiṣṭeti ghnataḥ śākhāmṛgarṣabhān ||
ពេលព្រះរាមបានស្តាប់ពាក្យអង្វររបស់ សុកៈ ហើយ ទ្រង់បានមានព្រះបន្ទូលទៅកាន់វានរាអ្នកឧត្តមដែលស្ថិតលើមែកឈើ កំពុងស្រែកហៅឲ្យវាយថា៖ «កុំសម្លាប់គាត់ឡើយ»។
The evil minded raskshasa who was a spy of Ravana went back to Lanka speedily unruffled after having observed all over the camp and spoke these words to Ravana.
Even amid hostility, dharma restrains violence: Rāma upholds the rule against killing an envoy and checks uncontrolled rage.
As the vānaras clamor to kill the captured Śuka, Rāma intervenes and forbids it.
Self-control and principled leadership—Rāma enforces righteous limits on wartime action.