Shloka 6
एकोनचत्वारिंशः सर्गः (Aranyakanda 39): राक्षसस्य रामत्रासवर्णनम् / The Demon’s Account of Rama
Fear
ऋषिमांसाशनः क्रूरस्त्रासयन्वनगोचरान्।तथा रुधिरमत्तोऽहं विचरन्धर्मदूषकः।।।।
ṛṣimāṃsāśanaḥ krūras trāsayan vanagocarān |
tathā rudhiramatto ’haṃ vicaran dharmadūṣakaḥ ||
ரிஷிகளின் மாம்சத்தை உண்ணும் கொடியவன் நான், வனவாசிகளை அச்சுறுத்தி, இரத்தமயக்கத்தில் தர்மத்தை மாசுபடுத்துவனாய் அலைந்தேன்।
While thus roaming, I harmed the wanderers of the forest. Intoxicated with their bloodI used to frighten the righteous.
FAQs
Dharma is not only personal virtue but social order: spreading terror and corrupting righteousness damages the whole community and is condemned.
Marīca continues describing his former life of violence to justify why he now advises caution and restraint toward Rāma.
The verse underscores the need for self-control (dama) and compassion; Marīca’s former lack of these becomes a lesson.