Shloka 16
मारीचोपदेश
प्रतिषेधः / Ravana Rejects Maricha’s Counsel and Orders the Golden Deer Deception
अस्मिंस्तु त्वं महाकृत्ये साहाय्यं कर्तुमर्हसि।शृणु तत्कर्म साहाय्ये यत्कार्यं वचनान्मम।।3.40.16।।
asmiṃs tu tvaṃ mahākṛtye sāhāyyaṃ kartum arhasi |
śṛṇu tat karma sāhāyye yat kāryaṃ vacanān mama ||
ในกิจอันยิ่งใหญ่และศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้ เจ้าควรเกื้อกูลช่วยเรา จงฟังการงานที่เจ้าพึงกระทำเพื่อเป็นความช่วยเหลือ ตามบัญชาของเรา
You have to help me in accomplishing this great task .Hear me on the kind of work you have to do.
FAQs
The verse sets up the ethical conflict: true dharma requires refusing wrongful commands; obedience without moral reflection becomes complicity in adharma.
Rāvaṇa demands Mārīca’s cooperation for his plan, transitioning to specific operational instructions.
Moral courage (to resist unethical orders) is the implied virtue, though the speech itself is coercive.