Shloka 32
अष्टत्रिंशः सर्गः — मारीचोपदेशः
Maricha’s Warning and the Memory of Rama’s Power
कलत्राणि च सौम्यानि मित्रवर्गं तथैव च।यदीच्छसि चिरं भोक्तं मा कृथा रामविप्रियम्।।3.38.32।।
kalatrāṇi ca saumyāni mitravargaṃ tathaiva ca | yadīcchasi ciraṃ bhoktuṃ mā kṛthā rāmavipriyam || 3.38.32 ||
หากเจ้าปรารถนาจะเสวยสุขเนิ่นนานกับภรรยาผู้อ่อนโยนและหมู่มิตรสหาย ก็อย่ากระทำความผิดใดที่ทำให้เจ้ากลายเป็นศัตรูกับพระราม
Enjoy with your wives. Protect your race, prestige, kingdom, prosperity and your own dear life.
FAQs
One should avoid actions that provoke righteous retaliation; dharma here is practical restraint—do not initiate unjust hostility against the dharmic hero.
Mārīca links Rāvaṇa’s future well-being (family and allies) to a single choice: do not antagonize Rāma by harming Sītā.
Discernment (viveka): recognizing that lasting happiness depends on avoiding immoral conflict.