Shloka 11
ताराविलापः
Tara’s Lament over Vāli
सुग्रीवस्य त्वया भार्या हृता स च विवासितः।यत्तु त्तस्य त्वया व्युष्टिः प्राप्तेयं प्लवगाधिप4.20.11।।
sugrīvasya tvayā bhāryā hṛtā sa ca vivāsitaḥ | yattu tasya tvayā vyuṣṭiḥ prāpteyaṃ plavagādhipa ||
त्वया सुग्रीवस्य भार्या हृता, स च विवासितः; हे प्लवगाधिप, तस्य कर्मणः फलमेवेदं व्यसनं त्वामधुना प्राप्तम्॥
'O king of monkeys! you have banished Sugriva. You have usurped his wife. This is the fruit of your action.
FAQs
Adharma bears fruit: taking another’s spouse and unjustly banishing a brother violates righteousness, and Tārā interprets Vāli’s downfall as the moral consequence (karma-phala) of those acts.
Tārā addresses the slain Vāli, recalling his wrongs against Sugrīva and linking them to the present catastrophe.
Moral clarity—Tārā’s willingness to name wrongdoing truthfully even in personal tragedy.