Valmiki Ramayana 5.21.32: Sundara Kanda, Sarga 21, Shloka 32
सीताया रावणं प्रति धर्मोपदेशः
Sita’s Dharmic Admonition to Ravana
तस्य ते विग्रहे ताभ्यां युगग्रहणमस्थिरम् ॥३२॥
वृत्रस्येवेन्द्रबाहुभ्यां बाहोरेकस्य विग्रहे ।
tasya te vigrahe tābhyāṃ yugagrahaṇam asthiram ||32||
vṛtrasya evendra-bāhubhyāṃ bāhor ekasya vigrahe |
त्या दोघांशी युद्ध करताना तुझे स्थिर राहणे शक्य होणार नाही. जसे इंद्राच्या दोन बलवान भुजांसमोर एकभुज वृत्राचा अंत झाला, तशीच तुझीही अवस्था होईल।
"You will not be able to withstand them in a battle. You will meet the same fate as the one-armed Vritra in a battle with the two-armed Indra.
FAQs
Adharma invites inevitable retribution; power used unrighteously collapses before dharmic force.
Sītā warns Rāvaṇa that he cannot withstand Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa together, using a Vedic-Itihāsa analogy (Indra–Vṛtra).
Fearless truth-speaking—Sītā confronts Rāvaṇa with consequences without intimidation.
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