Shloka 13

Devanagari script

यद्ययं किल्बिषाद्भेदः कृतोऽप्येवं न गृह्यते।जायते तत्र मे दुःखं धर्मसङ्गश्च गर्हितः।।।।

Transliteration

yady ayaṃ kilbiṣād bhedaḥ kṛto ’py evaṃ na gṛhyate | jāyate tatra me duḥkhaṃ dharma-saṅgaś ca garhitaḥ ||

Translation

పాపం నుండి పుట్టిన ఈ ద్రోహభేదం చేసినప్పటికీ అలాగే గుర్తించబడకపోతే, నాకు దుఃఖం కలుగుతుంది; ‘ధర్మం’ పట్ల ఈ పట్టుదల కూడా నింద్యమవుతుంది॥

Word by Word

यदिif

अयम्this

किल्बिषात्from sin/guilt

भेदःbreach, treachery

कृतःdone

अपिeven

एवम्thus, in this way

नnot

गृह्यतेis accepted/understood

जायतेarises

तत्रthere, in that matter

मेto me / my

दुःखम्sorrow

धर्म-सङ्गःattachment to dharma

चand

गर्हितःcensurable

Context

I am grieved that even though this plot has been hatched by a treacherous mind, you are not taking it in the right perspective. Censurable is adherence to virtue.

Characters & Entities

Rāma

Lakṣmaṇa

dharma

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma requires discernment (viveka): if wrongdoing is not acknowledged, then ‘virtue’ becomes complicity—attachment to duty without moral clarity is censured.

What is the narrative situation?

Lakṣmaṇa laments that the scheme against Rāma is not being treated as treachery, because Rāma continues to interpret events through strict duty.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Moral clarity and intolerance for injustice—Lakṣmaṇa insists that truth about wrongdoing must be named.