Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 61, Shloka 23
कौसल्याविलापः
Kausalya’s Lament and Ethical Analogies on Kingship
नैतस्य सहिता लोका भयं कुर्युर्महामृथे।अधर्मंत्विह धर्मात्मा लोकं धर्मेण योजयेत्।।2.61.23।।
naitasya sahitā lokā bhayaṃ kuryur mahāmṛthe |
adharmaṃ tv iha dharmātmā lokaṃ dharmeṇa yojayet || 2.61.23 ||
ਵੱਡੇ ਯੁੱਧ ਵਿੱਚ ਜੇ ਸਾਰੇ ਲੋਕ ਇਕੱਠੇ ਵੀ ਹੋ ਜਾਣ, ਤਾਂ ਵੀ ਉਹ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਡਰਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਕਦੇ। ਇੱਥੇ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਅਧਰਮ ਫੈਲਿਆ ਹੋਵੇ, ਉਹ ਧਰਮਾਤਮਾ ਧਰਮ ਦੇ ਹੀ ਬਲ ਨਾਲ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਮੁੜ ਧਰਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਜੋੜ ਦੇਵੇਗਾ।
A powerful tiger will not allow its tail to be twisted. In the same way Rama also will not tolerate an insult of this sort.
FAQs
Dharma is both the goal and the means: the righteous restore social order not through adharma, but through principled action aligned with truth and justice.
The speaker portrays Rāma as fearless and as a restorer of righteousness amid a climate of injustice.
Fearlessness grounded in dharma, and commitment to re-establishing justice without moral compromise.