Shloka 6
मारीचोपदेश
प्रतिषेधः / Ravana Rejects Maricha’s Counsel and Orders the Golden Deer Deception
अवश्यन्तु मया तस्य संयुगे खरघातिनः।प्राणैः प्रियतरा सीता हर्तव्या तव सन्निधौ।।3.40.6।।
avaśyaṃ tu mayā tasya saṃyuge kharaghātinaḥ |
prāṇaiḥ priyatarā sītā hartavyā tava sannidhau ||3.40.6||
നിന്റെ സന്നിധിയിലിരിക്കെ തന്നേ, യുദ്ധത്തിൽ ഖരനെ സംഹരിച്ച ആ രാമനു പ്രാണത്തേക്കാളും പ്രിയയായ സീതയെ ഞാൻ അപഹരിച്ചു കൊണ്ടുപോകും.
On hearing the casual words of a woman, (this) Rama came to the forest at once, leaving his friends, kingdom, mother and father.
FAQs
The verse foregrounds adharma: harming the innocent and abducting another’s spouse is a direct assault on social and cosmic order, setting the stage for righteous retribution.
Rāvaṇa declares his intention to abduct Sītā and asserts it will happen even before Mārīca’s eyes.
By contrast, Sītā is presented as supremely beloved and protected within dharma; Rāvaṇa’s trait here is reckless hubris.