Shloka 12
मारीचवधः — The Slaying of Maricha
Golden Deer Deception
पुनरेव ततो दूराद्वृक्षषण्डाद्विनिस्सृतम्।दृष्ट्वा रामो महातेजास्तं हन्तुं कृतनिश्चयः।।।।
punar eva tato dūrād vṛkṣaṣaṇḍād vinissṛtam | dṛṣṭvā rāmo mahātejās taṃ hantuṃ kṛtaniścayaḥ ||
ਫਿਰ ਦੂਰੋਂ, ਦਰੱਖਤਾਂ ਦੇ ਝੁੰਡ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਨਿਕਲਦਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ, ਮਹਾਤੇਜਸਵੀ ਰਾਮ ਨੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਮਾਰਣ ਦਾ ਦ੍ਰਿੜ ਨਿਸ਼ਚੈ ਕਰ ਲਿਆ।
Resplendent Rama saw the deer coming out of a cluster of trees at a distance and determined to kill him.
FAQs
Dharma often requires firm decision once a course is judged necessary; yet the episode also warns that decisions should be grounded in truth, not in an illusion’s provocation.
The deer reappears at a distance; Rāma, now intent on ending the chase, decides to kill it.
Rāma’s decisiveness and protective readiness—he chooses a conclusive action rather than prolonged pursuit.