Shloka 11
द्वादशः सर्गः — Rama’s Proof of Power, the First Duel, and the Identification Mark
Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 12
तमद्यैव प्रियार्थं मे वैरिणं भ्रातृरूपिणम्।वालिनं जहि काकुत्स्थ मया बद्धोऽयमञ्जलिः4.12.11।।
tam adyaiva priyārthaṃ me vairiṇaṃ bhrātṛrūpiṇam | vālinaṃ jahi kākutstha mayā baddho 'yam añjaliḥ ||
അതുകൊണ്ട് ഇന്നുതന്നെ, ഹേ കാകുത്സ്ഥ, എന്റെ പ്രിയാർത്ഥം സഹോദരരൂപത്തിലുള്ള വൈരിയായ വാലിയെ വധിക്കണമേ; കൈകൂപ്പി ഞാൻ അപേക്ഷിക്കുന്നു.
'O Rama, for my pleasure kill Vali who is, to me, an enemy in the guise of a brother. I fold my hands to you.
FAQs
The verse raises the dharmic tension between kinship and justice: Sugriva frames Vali as an unjust aggressor, arguing that wrongdoing can nullify the moral protection normally granted by brotherhood.
Sugriva urgently petitions Rama to remove Vali, whom he describes as a hostile brother, and does so with supplication.
Sugriva’s humility in seeking help and his insistence on remedy against adharma (wrongdoing).