Shloka 9
मारीचस्य रावणं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः
Maricha’s Counsel on Kingship and Ruin to Ravana
विपर्यये तु तत्सर्वं व्यर्थं भवति रावण।व्यसनं स्वामिवैगुण्यात्प्राप्नुवन्तीतरे जनाः।।।।
viparyaye tu tat sarvaṃ vyarthaṃ bhavati rāvaṇa | vyasanaṃ svāmivaiguṇyāt prāpnuvantītare janāḥ ||
لیکن اگر معاملہ الٹ ہو جائے، اے راون، تو وہ سب بے سود ہو جاتا ہے؛ اور آقا کی کوتاہی کے سبب دوسرے لوگ مصیبت میں پڑ جاتے ہیں۔
Otherwise evrything will become useless, O Ravana ! Others will suffer calamities on account of their master's vices.
FAQs
Dharma stresses the ruler’s accountability: a king’s moral defects do not remain private; they spread suffering through the polity.
Mārīca warns that Rāvaṇa’s flawed decision-making will not only ruin goals like fame and prosperity but will also bring disaster to others under his power.
Accountable kingship: the virtue of governing oneself so that one does not become the cause of others’ suffering.