Shloka 18
शब्दवेध्य-अनर्थः, ऋषिशापः, दशरथस्य प्राणत्यागः
The Sound-Target Tragedy, the Sage’s Curse, and Dasaratha’s Death
ततस्तस्यैव वचनादुपेत्य परितप्यतः।स मया सहसा बाण उधृतो मर्मतस्तदा।।।।
tatas tasyaiva vacanād upetya paritapyataḥ | sa mayā sahasā bāṇa udhṛto marmatas tadā ||
پھر اسی کے کہنے پر میں اس کے پاس گیا، جب وہ درد سے تڑپ رہا تھا؛ اور میں نے فوراً اس کے مَرم، یعنی جان کے مقام سے وہ تیر کھینچ نکالا۔
Then I approached him. He was suffering from excruciating pain. I pulled out at his word the arrow from his chest.
FAQs
Even after wrongdoing, dharma demands immediate compassionate response to suffering—rendering aid and obeying the victim’s last requests.
Daśaratha reaches the wounded ascetic and removes the arrow at the ascetic’s instruction.
Responsiveness to suffering—an attempt to alleviate pain, though it cannot undo the harm.