Shloka 8
मारीचवधोत्तरं रामस्य शङ्का-निमित्त-दर्शनं लक्ष्मण-निग्रहश्च
After Maricha’s Slaying: Omens, Anxiety, and Rama’s Rebuke of Lakshmana
राक्षसैस्सहितैर्नूनं सीताया ईप्सितो वधः।काञ्चनश्च मृगो भूत्वा व्यपनीयाश्रमात्तु माम्।।3.57.7।।दूरं नीत्वा तु मारीचो राक्षसोऽभूच्छरा हतः।हा लक्ष्मण हतोऽस्मीति यद्वाक्यं व्याजहार ह।।3.57.8।।
dūraṃ nītvā tu mārīco rākṣaso ’bhūc charā hataḥ | hā lakṣmaṇa hato ’smīti yad-vākyaṃ vyājahāra ha ||
എന്നെ വളരെ ദൂരത്തേക്ക് കൊണ്ടുപോയ മാരീചൻ, എന്റെ അമ്പുകളാൽ വീണപ്പോൾ രാക്ഷസരൂപത്തിൽ പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു; പിന്നെ “ഹാ ലക്ഷ്മണാ, ഞാൻ കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ടു!” എന്നു വിളിച്ചു പറഞ്ഞു.
'Hence the murder of Sita must have been jointly planned by the demons. Maricha who had assumed the form of a golden deer, took me away from the hermitage to a faroff place where, killed by my arrows, he turned a demon uttering the words, Alas, Lakshmana, I am killed.
FAQs
Satya (truth) is contrasted with deliberate falsehood: adharma weaponizes lies to trigger righteous action in the wrong direction.
After being shot, Mā rīca reveals his rākṣasa form and cries out in a way meant to deceive Sītā and draw Lakṣmaṇa away.
For Rāma, decisiveness in combat; for the ethical frame, the need for discernment against deception.