Shloka 45
वाली–रामसंवादः
Rama’s Justification to Vali on Rājadharma
एवमुक्तस्तु रामेण वाली प्रव्यथितो भृशम्।।न दोषं राघवे दध्यौ धर्मेऽधिगतनिश्चयः।
evam uktaḥ tu rāmeṇa vālī pravyathito bhṛśam | na doṣaṃ rāghave dadhyau dharme ’dhigataniścayaḥ ||
एवम् उक्तस्तु रामेण वाली भृशं प्रव्यथितः; धर्मेऽधिगतनिश्चयः सन् राघवे दोषं न दध्यौ।
Vali was very much pained to hear Rama. He became free from confusion regarding dharma and no longer found fault with Rama.
FAQs
True dharma-inquiry can dissolve blame: when understanding arises, hostility gives way to moral clarity, even amid personal suffering.
After hearing Rāma’s extended justification, Vālī internally resolves the dharma-question and stops accusing Rāma.
Vālī’s capacity for ethical recognition—accepting a dharmic conclusion even when it is personally devastating.