Shloka 19
मारीचस्य रावणं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः
Maricha’s Counsel on Kingship and Ruin to Ravana
आनयिष्यसि चेत्सीतामाश्रमात्सहितो मया।नैवत्वमसि नाहं च नैव लङ्का न राक्षसाः।।।।
ānayiṣyasi cet sītām āśramāt sahito mayā | naiva tvam asi nāhaṃ ca naiva laṅkā na rākṣasāḥ ||
എന്റെ സഹായത്തോടെ ആശ്രമത്തിൽ നിന്ന് സീതയെ നീ കൊണ്ടുവരുമെങ്കിൽ, അറിയുക: നീയും നിലനിൽക്കുകയില്ല, ഞാനും അല്ല; ലങ്കയും അല്ല, രാക്ഷസന്മാരും അല്ല.
Who is that sinner who has given you this advice which will spell destruction on you, your sons, your kingdom and your ministers ?
FAQs
Adharma committed at the highest level destroys the whole society; dharma protects communities, while transgression collapses them.
Mārīca delivers a final, total warning: abducting Sītā from the āśrama will trigger annihilation for Rāvaṇa, Laṅkā, and the rākṣasas.
Truthful admonition (satya-upadeśa) and responsibility to prevent collective harm.