Shloka 32
अष्टत्रिंशः सर्गः — मारीचोपदेशः
Maricha’s Warning and the Memory of Rama’s Power
कलत्राणि च सौम्यानि मित्रवर्गं तथैव च।यदीच्छसि चिरं भोक्तं मा कृथा रामविप्रियम्।।3.38.32।।
kalatrāṇi ca saumyāni mitravargaṃ tathaiva ca | yadīcchasi ciraṃ bhoktuṃ mā kṛthā rāmavipriyam || 3.38.32 ||
Jika engkau ingin lama menikmati isteri-isterimu yang lemah lembut serta pergaulan sahabat-sahabatmu, janganlah melakukan kesalahan yang menjadikan engkau bermusuhan dengan Rāma.
Enjoy with your wives. Protect your race, prestige, kingdom, prosperity and your own dear life.
FAQs
One should avoid actions that provoke righteous retaliation; dharma here is practical restraint—do not initiate unjust hostility against the dharmic hero.
Mārīca links Rāvaṇa’s future well-being (family and allies) to a single choice: do not antagonize Rāma by harming Sītā.
Discernment (viveka): recognizing that lasting happiness depends on avoiding immoral conflict.