Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 83, Shloka 16
त्र्यशीतितमः सर्गः (Sarga 83)
Hanumān Reports Sītā’s ‘Slaying’; Rāma Collapses; Lakṣmaṇa’s Counter-Discourse on Dharma and Artha
यथैवस्थावरंव्यक्तंजङ्गमं न तथाविधम् ।नायमर्थस्तथायुक्तस्त्वद्विधो न विपद्यते ।।6.83.16।।
yathaiva sthāvaraṃ vyaktaṃ jaṅgamaṃ na tathā-vidham |
nāyam arthaḥ tathā yuktaḥ tvad-vidho na vipadyate ||6.83.16||
Kung paanong malinaw na nakikita ang kalagayan ng mga nakatigil na bagay, hindi naman gayon ang sa mga gumagalaw na nilalang na tila may tiyak na tuntunin; hindi wasto ang ganitong pangangatwiran—ang tulad mo ay hindi dapat mapahamak.
"If there is unrighteousness, Ravana should be in hell. You who are endowed with righteousness should not have agony."
FAQs
It presses the dilemma: if moral order were reliable, a dharmic person would not suffer—thus it challenges the lived tension between dharma and apparent worldly outcomes.
A speaker attempts to interpret observed suffering and irregularity in outcomes as evidence against dharma’s governance.
The addressee’s presumed dharma-śīlatā (moral integrity), invoked as the reason suffering seems ‘illogical’ to the speaker.