Shloka 37
विभीषणागमनम्
Vibhīṣaṇa’s Arrival and the Debate on Refuge
तस्मादेकैकशस्तावद्ब्रुवन्तुसचिवास्तव ।हेतुतोमतिसम्पन्नास्समर्थाश्चपुन: पुनः ।।6.17.37।।
tasmād ekaikaśas tāvad bruvantu sacivās tava |
hetuto matisampannāḥ samarthāś ca punaḥ punaḥ ||6.17.37||
Потому пусть твои советники — разумные и способные — говорят по одному, излагая доводы, и при надобности повторяя вновь и вновь.
"On account of that reason, since your ministers are richly endowed with intelligence let them speak out again and again, one after the other in that way."
FAQs
Dharma in decision-making requires transparent reasoning: counsel should be sequential, rational, and open to repeated examination until truth is clarified.
The advisers encourage a structured, reason-based discussion among Rāma’s counsellors regarding how to respond to Vibhīṣaṇa’s approach.
Commitment to reasoned inquiry (hetu) and institutional wisdom (listening to multiple capable voices).