किन्नाम कृपणं दैवमशक्तमभिशंससि।।।।पापयोस्ते कथं नाम तयोश्शङ्का न विद्यते।
kin nāma kṛpaṇaṃ daivam aśaktam abhiśaṃsasi |
pāpayos te kathaṃ nāma tayoḥ śaṅkā na vidyate |
‘ദൈവം’ എന്നു വിളിക്കുന്ന ഈ കൃപണവും ശക്തിയില്ലാത്തതുമായ വസ്തുവിനെ നീ എന്തിന് പുകഴ്ത്തുന്നു? ആ രണ്ടു പാപികളോടു നിനക്കു സംശയം എങ്ങനെ ഇല്ല?
Shaking his forearm like an elephant raising its trunk, moving his neck horizontally and vertically and casting a pointed and oblique look at his brother, Lakshmana said:
Moral accountability: Lakshmana insists that ethical evaluation should focus on human choices and wrongdoing rather than attributing events to fate.
Lakshmana urges Rama to recognize culpability behind the exile decision, rather than accepting it as destiny.
Justice-oriented discernment—Lakshmana’s refusal to let “fate” erase responsibility.