Shloka 62
वाली–रामसंवादः
Rama’s Justification to Vali on Rājadharma
न सन्तापस्त्वया कार्य एतदर्थं प्लवङ्गम4.18.61।।न वयं भवता चिन्त्या नाप्यात्मा हरिसत्तम।वयं भवद्विशेषेण धर्मतः कृतनिश्चयाः4.18.62।।
na santāpas tvayā kārya etadarthaṃ plavaṅgama ||
na vayaṃ bhavatā cintyā nāpy ātmā harisattama |
vayaṃ bhavadviśeṣeṇa dharmataḥ kṛtaniścayāḥ ||
โอ้ผู้เป็นพลวังคะ อย่าได้เศร้าโศกด้วยเหตุนี้เลย อย่ากังวลถึงพวกเรา และอย่ากังวลแม้แต่ตนเอง โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่วานร เราได้ตัดสินแล้วตามธรรมะ โดยพิจารณาความผิดเฉพาะของท่าน
'O best of monkeys, abandon all your anxiety on this score. Bother not about us or about yourself. Whatever has happened, has happened in consonance with dharma.
FAQs
The same dharmic teaching is reiterated (a feature sometimes seen in recensional transmission): righteous decision-making is upheld as deliberate and principled.
The reassurance to Vāli is repeated in the received Southern Recension phrasing, reinforcing the consolatory message.
Consistency and steadiness—Rāma’s stance is not impulsive; it is repeatedly anchored in dharma.