Shloka 13
सीताप्रत्याख्यानम् / Rama’s Post-Victory Address to Sītā
Public Opinion and Royal Duty
यत्कर्तव्यंमनुष्येणधर्षणांप्रतिमार्जता ।तत्कृतंरावणंहत्वामयेदंमानकाङ्क्षिणा ।।6.118.13।।
yat kartavyaṃ manuṣyeṇa dharṣaṇāṃ pratimārjatā | tat kṛtaṃ rāvaṇaṃ hatvā mayedaṃ māna-kāṅkṣiṇā ||
അപമാനം കഴുകിമാറ്റാൻ മനുഷ്യൻ ചെയ്യേണ്ട കര്ത്തവ്യം അതുതന്നെ; മാനമുറപ്പിക്കാനുള്ള ആഗ്രഹത്തോടെ ഞാൻ രാവണനെ വധിച്ചു.
"That which my mind desired as a duty of a human being, to get rid of the insult has been done by killing Ravana."
FAQs
Dharma as kṣātra-kartavya: confronting adharma and removing the stain of injustice is presented as a human and royal obligation.
Rāma explains his motive for killing Rāvaṇa: to erase the dishonor caused by Sītā’s abduction and the affront to righteousness.
Rāma’s sense of justice and responsibility—acting not for mere conquest but for restoration of moral order.