Shloka 16
त्र्यशीतितमः सर्गः (Sarga 83)
Hanumān Reports Sītā’s ‘Slaying’; Rāma Collapses; Lakṣmaṇa’s Counter-Discourse on Dharma and Artha
यथैवस्थावरंव्यक्तंजङ्गमं न तथाविधम् ।नायमर्थस्तथायुक्तस्त्वद्विधो न विपद्यते ।।6.83.16।।
yathaiva sthāvaraṃ vyaktaṃ jaṅgamaṃ na tathā-vidham |
nāyam arthaḥ tathā yuktaḥ tvad-vidho na vipadyate ||6.83.16||
Sebagaimana alam yang tidak bergerak tampak jelas demikian, alam yang bergerak pula tidak terlihat mengikuti aturan tetap seperti itu; hujah ini tidak tepat—orang sepertimu tidak patut jatuh binasa.
"If there is unrighteousness, Ravana should be in hell. You who are endowed with righteousness should not have agony."
FAQs
It presses the dilemma: if moral order were reliable, a dharmic person would not suffer—thus it challenges the lived tension between dharma and apparent worldly outcomes.
A speaker attempts to interpret observed suffering and irregularity in outcomes as evidence against dharma’s governance.
The addressee’s presumed dharma-śīlatā (moral integrity), invoked as the reason suffering seems ‘illogical’ to the speaker.