Shloka 17
मुमूर्षूणां हि सर्वेषां यत्पथ्यं तन्न रोचते।।3.53.17।।पश्याम्यद्य हि कण्ठेत्वां कालपाशावपाशितम्।
mumūrṣūṇāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ yat pathyaṃ tan na rocate ||3.53.17||
paśyāmy adya hi kaṇṭhe tvāṃ kāla-pāśāvapāśitam |
جو لوگ موت کے طالب ہوتے ہیں اُنہیں بھلائی کی بات کبھی پسند نہیں آتی۔ اور آج میں دیکھ رہی ہوں کہ کال کا پھندا تیرے گلے میں لپٹ چکا ہے۔
O ten-headed Ravana, since you do not fear the source of fear, evidently you see golden trees. (a symptom of death).
FAQs
Refusal of wholesome counsel is a symptom of adharma: when a person is committed to wrongdoing, even life-preserving advice becomes distasteful.
Sītā warns Rāvaṇa that his choices show he is already caught by death—metaphorically ‘bound by Time’s noose’.
Moral fearlessness and clarity: Sītā confronts power with truth, warning of inevitable consequence (karman/phala).