Shloka 22
षष्ठस्सर्गः — तपस्विरक्षणे राजधर्मोपदेशः
Sarga 6: The Sages’ Appeal and Instruction on Royal Duty
नैवमर्हथ मां वक्तुमाज्ञाप्योऽहं तपस्विनाम्।केवलेनात्मकार्येण प्रवेष्टव्यं मया वनं।।।।
naivam arhatha māṃ vaktum ājñāpyo'haṃ tapasvinām | kevalenātmakāryeṇa praveṣṭavyaṃ mayā vanaṃ ||
तुम्ही मला असे म्हणणे योग्य नाही; मी तर तपस्व्यांच्या आज्ञेचा पात्र आहे. आणि मी केवळ स्वतःच्या खास कार्यासाठीच वनात प्रवेश केलेला नाही.
You should not speak to me this way. I deserve to be commanded by the ascetics. I have not entered this forest only on a personal mission.
FAQs
Dharma joins power with humility: even a prince treats ascetics as moral superiors and frames his forest-life as duty, not self-interest.
Rāma begins his reply, correcting the tone of praise and clarifying his role as one obligated to serve and protect the tapasvins.
Vinaya (humility) and satya (candour): Rāma truthfully states he is not in the forest only for personal ends.