Shloka 6
संपाति
उपदेशः / Sampati Instructed and the Search Mission Foretold
नैऋतो रावणो नाम तस्य भार्यां हरिष्यति।राक्षसेन्द्रो जनस्थनादवध्य स्सुरदानवैः4.62.6।।
naiṛto rāvaṇo nāma tasya bhāryāṃ hariṣyati | rākṣasendro janasthānād avadhyaḥ sura-dānavaiḥ ||
Isang panginoon ng rākṣasa na nagngangalang Rāvaṇa ang aagaw sa kanyang asawa mula sa Janasthāna—isang di-matatalo maging ng mga diyos at mga dānava.
'I have foreseen with the power of my penance that a great task will be done by you. I have also heard about it in the Puranas and came to know of it.
FAQs
Dharma is highlighted by contrast: the crime of abduction is adharma, setting the moral necessity for righteous intervention and restoration.
The seer foretells the central rupture of the epic—Rāvaṇa’s abduction of Sītā from the region of Janasthāna.
The implied virtue is steadfast protection of marital fidelity and justice—values that will motivate Rāma’s dhārmic response.