एकोनचत्वारिंशः सर्गः (Aranyakanda 39): राक्षसस्य रामत्रासवर्णनम् / The Demon’s Account of Rama
Fear
रणे रामेण युद्ध्यस्व क्षमां वा कुरु राक्षस ।न ते रामकथा कार्या यदि मां द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ।। ।।
raṇe rāmeṇa yuddhyasva kṣamāṃ vā kuru rākṣasa |
na te rāmakathā kāryā yadi māṃ draṣṭum icchasi ||
میدانِ جنگ میں رام سے لڑ، ورنہ صلح کر لے، اے راکشس۔ اور اگر تو مجھے زندہ دیکھنا چاہتا ہے تو رام کے بارے میں نہ بات چھیڑ، نہ کوئی تدبیر باندھ۔
Missing
Dharma favors de-escalation and accountability: either meet consequences openly (battle) or choose reconciliation (peace), but avoid deceitful obsession that leads to wider harm.
Marīca sets boundaries with Rāvaṇa: he implies that any scheme centered on Rāma will be fatal, and he will not be part of it.
Moral courage: Marīca speaks plainly to power and signals refusal to enable an unrighteous course.