Shloka 24
अरण्यकाण्डे एकोनषष्टितमः सर्गः
Maricha’s Mimic Cry and the Rama–Lakshmana–Sita Confrontation
सर्वथा त्वविनीतं ते सीतया यत्प्रचोदितः।क्रोधस्य वशमापन्नो नाकरोश्शासनं मम।।।।
sarvathā tv avinītaṃ te sītayā yat pracoditaḥ |
krodhasya vaśam āpanno nākaroḥ śāsanaṃ mama ||
सर्वथा तेऽविनीतं यत् सीतया प्रचोदितः क्रोधवशमापन्नो मम शासनं नाकरोः॥
O Lakshmana, as I saw you from a distance without Sita, my left eye, my shoulder and my heart throbbed.
FAQs
Dharma is obedience joined with self-mastery: righteous action requires control over anger and fidelity to rightful instruction, even when provoked.
Rama judges Lakṣmaṇa’s departure from Sītā as a failure to follow orders, attributing it to anger and agitation.
The virtue emphasized is discipline (vinaya) and command-respect; Rama presents these as essential to dharmic conduct.