Shloka 19
इन्द्रजितो मायासीतावधः
Indrajit’s Illusory Sita Episode and Hanuman’s Rebuke
धिक्त्वांपापसमाचारंयस्यतेमतिरिदृशी ।नृशंसानार्य दुर्वृत्त क्षुद्र पापपराक्रम ।।।।अनार्यस्येदृशंकर्मघृणातेनास्तिनिर्घृण ।
dhik tvāṃ pāpasamācāraṃ yasya te matir idṛśī | nṛśaṃsānārya durvṛtta kṣudra pāpaparākrama || anāryasyedṛśaṃ karma ghṛṇā te nāsti nirghṛṇa ||
ಧಿಕ್ಕಾರ ನಿನಗೆ, ಪಾಪಾಚಾರಿಯೇ! ನಿನ್ನ ಬುದ್ಧಿ ಇಂತಹ ಅಧಮ ಕೃತ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಹೇಗೆ ಒಲಿದಿತು? ಹೇ ಕ್ರೂರ, ಅನಾರ್ಯ, ದುರ್ವೃತ್ತ, ಕ್ಷುದ್ರ—ಪಾಪಪರಾಕ್ರಮಿಯೇ! ಇಂತಹ ಕರ್ಮ ಅನಾರ್ಯನಿಗೇ ಯೋಗ್ಯ; ಹೇ ನಿರ್ಘೃಣ, ನಿನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕರುಣೆ ಇಲ್ಲ.
Recollecting those Rakshasas killed, the heroic, mighty and courageous Indrajith's eyes were red in anger.
FAQs
Dharma rejects cruelty and the targeting of the helpless; true strength is inseparable from compassion and moral restraint.
Hanumān denounces Indrajit’s intention and conduct toward Sītā, framing it as ignoble and compassionless.
Moral clarity (viveka) and fearless truth-speaking (satya-vacana) in the face of power.