मारीचस्य रावणं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः
Maricha’s Counsel on Kingship and Ruin to Ravana
शत्रवस्तव सुव्यक्तं हीनवीर्या निशाचराः।इच्छन्ति त्वां विनश्यन्तमुपरुद्धं बलीयसा।।।।
śatravas tava suvyaktaṃ hīnavīryā niśācarāḥ | icchanti tvāṃ vinaśyantam uparuddhaṃ balīyasā ||
یہ بالکل واضح ہے کہ تمہارے دشمن—ان شب گردوں میں سے جو اب قوت سے محروم ہیں—چاہتے ہیں کہ تمہیں کسی زیادہ طاقتور کے مقابل لا کر گھیر دیا جائے، تاکہ تم تباہ ہو جاؤ۔
This is clear that your enemy demons are now powerless. Hence they want you to be engaged with a stronger power and be destroyed.
Dharma includes rājanīti (ethical statecraft): one must recognize when others are pushing him toward adharma and disaster for their own ends.
Mārīca suggests that internal rivals or enemies want Rāvaṇa to provoke a stronger opponent (Rāma), so that Rāvaṇa will be ruined.
Strategic clarity and self-restraint: seeing hidden motives and avoiding needless conflict with superior force.