Shloka 16
दनु-शापकथा तथा सीताहरण-प्रश्नः
Danu’s Curse Narrative and Rama’s Inquiry about Sita
अनेन वपुषा राम वनेऽस्मिन्राजसत्तम।।3.71.16।।यद्यत्पश्यामि सर्वस्य ग्रहणं साधु रोचये।
anena vapuṣā rāma vane 'smin rājasattama || 3.71.16 ||
yad yat paśyāmi sarvasya grahaṇaṃ sādhu rocaye |
ഹേ രാമാ, രാജസത്തമാ! ഈ വനത്തിൽ ഇത്തരമൊരു ദേഹത്തോടെ വസിച്ച്, ഞാൻ കാണുന്നതെല്ലാം പിടിച്ചെടുക്കുന്നതിനെ ‘യുക്തം’ എന്നു ഞാൻ അംഗീകരിച്ചു തുടങ്ങി.
O Rama, the best of kings! I thought it was only proper in this forest and with this body to catch whatever creature I saw.
FAQs
A warning against self-justification: adharma often begins when one labels harmful impulses as ‘proper’ due to circumstance. Dharma requires discriminating right from convenient.
Kabandha admits that his monstrous condition and forest life led him to normalize capturing and consuming any being he encountered.
Moral discernment (viveka) by contrast: Rāma, as rājasattama, represents the standard of judging actions by dharma rather than appetite.