Shloka 19
ततो मम पितृव्येण सुग्रीवेण महात्मना।चकार राघवस्सख्यं सोऽवधीत्पितरं मम।।।।
tato mama pitṛvyeṇa sugrīveṇa mahātmanā | cakāra rāghavas sakhyaṃ so 'vadhīt pitaraṃ mama ||
ततो मम पितृव्येण महात्मना सुग्रीवेण राघवः सख्यं चकार। स मम पितरं जघान॥
'Then Rama made friendship with my father's brother, great self Sugriva and killed my father.
FAQs
The verse foregrounds the dharma of alliance and pledged friendship (sakhya), while also pointing to the moral weight of political violence: actions taken for restoring order can still be personally painful to those affected.
Angada summarizes the turning point in Kiṣkindhā: Rāma allies with Sugrīva and, to secure Sugrīva’s claim, kills Vālin—Angada’s father.
Sugrīva’s reliance on righteous alliance, and Rāma’s commitment to a pledged cause—though it entails difficult consequences.