Shloka 18
इन्द्रजितो मायासीतावधः
Indrajit’s Illusory Sita Episode and Hanuman’s Rebuke
दुरात्मन्नात्मनाशायकेशपक्षेपरामृशः ।ब्रह्मर्षीणांकुलेजातोराक्षसींयोनिमाश्रितः ।।।।
durātman ātmanāśāya keśapakṣe parāmṛśaḥ | brahmarṣīṇāṃ kule jāto rākṣasīṃ yonim āśritaḥ ||
ഹേ ദുഷ്ടബുദ്ധിയേ! അവളുടെ മുടി പിടിച്ചുതൊടുന്നത് നിന്റെ ആത്മനാശത്തിനായിരിക്കും. ബ്രഹ്മർഷികളുടെ കുലത്തിൽ ജനിച്ചിട്ടും നീ രാക്ഷസീയോനിയും സ്വഭാവവും ആശ്രയിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു.
"You are ignoble, mean, of sinful prowess, not merciful. You have resolved to take such a sinful action which is not worthy of you. You have no compassion to act in this manner."
FAQs
Violence and humiliation directed at a protected woman (Sītā) is adharma and leads to self-destruction; Dharma upholds restraint and protection of the vulnerable.
Hanumān rebukes Indrajit for manhandling Sītā, warning that such an act will bring ruin upon the perpetrator.
Hanumān’s dharmic courage: fearless moral condemnation of wrongdoing, especially against an innocent woman.