Shloka 18
त्र्यशीतितमः सर्गः (Sarga 83)
Hanumān Reports Sītā’s ‘Slaying’; Rāma Collapses; Lakṣmaṇa’s Counter-Discourse on Dharma and Artha
तस्य च व्यसनाभावाद्व्यसनंचागतेत्वयि ।धर्मोभवत्यधर्मश्चपरस्परविरोधिनौ ।।6.83.18।।
tasya ca vyasanābhāvād vyasanaṃ cāgate tvayi |
dharmo bhavaty adharmaś ca paraspara-virodhinau ||6.83.18||
അവനു ദുരിതമില്ല; എന്നാൽ ദുരിതം നിനക്കു വന്നിരിക്കുന്നു. അതുകൊണ്ട് പരസ്പരവിരുദ്ധങ്ങളായ ധർമ്മവും അധർമ്മവും സ്ഥാനങ്ങൾ മാറിയതുപോലെ തോന്നുന്നു.
"The righteous attains the benefit through righteous means, and the unrighteous suffer by unrighteous means. If unrighteousness is rooted in the unrighteous and are pleased with unrighteousness they will be deprived of the result of righteousness. It is not otherwise."
FAQs
It highlights the apparent inversion of moral outcomes—an argument often used to deny dharma’s governance when the wicked prosper and the good suffer.
The speaker interprets the contrast between Rāvaṇa’s ease and the hero’s hardship as evidence of moral disorder.
The hero’s endurance (kṣānti/dhairya) is implicitly tested: will he remain aligned with dharma despite ‘inverted’ results?