Shloka 34
रावण–मारीचसंवादः तथा मृगप्रलोभनपूर्वकं सीताहरणोपक्रमः
Rāvaṇa–Mārīca Dialogue and the Decoy-Deer Prelude to Sītā’s Abduction
तत्रापि स महाभाग: सुखभागभिजायते । न चेत् सम्बुध्यते तत्र गच्छत्यधमतां तत:,वहाँ भी वह महाभाग मानव सुखके साधनोंसे सम्पन्न होकर ही उत्पन्न होता है। परंतु यदि मानवयोनिमें वह अपने कर्तव्यको न समझे, तो उससे भी नीची योनिमें चला जाता है
tatrāpi sa mahābhāgaḥ sukhabhāgabhijāyate | na cet sambudhyate tatra gacchaty adhamatāṃ tataḥ ||
“Kahit sa pagsilang na iyon bilang tao, ang mapalad ay isinisilang na may bahagi at mga kasangkapan ng kaligayahan. Ngunit kung sa kalagayang tao ay hindi siya magising at maunawaan ang kanyang tungkulin, mula roon ay babagsak siya sa higit pang mababang mga kalagayan ng pag-iral.”
देवदूत उवाच
Educational Q&A
Human birth, even when blessed with comfort and opportunity, is meaningful only if one awakens to dharma (one’s duty and moral responsibility). Failure to do so leads to ethical decline and consequent downfall into lower states of existence.
A divine messenger explains the moral logic of rebirth: a being may attain a fortunate human life, but if he does not recognize and follow his proper duty while human, he degenerates and is said to move toward lower forms or conditions.