शब्दवेध्य-अनर्थः, ऋषिशापः, दशरथस्य प्राणत्यागः
The Sound-Target Tragedy, the Sage’s Curse, and Dasaratha’s Death
तदेतच्छिन्तयानेन स्मृतं पापं मया स्वयम्।तदा बाल्यात्कृतं देवि शब्दवेध्यनुशिक्षिणा।।।।
tad etac cintayānena smṛtaṁ pāpaṁ mayā svayam | tadā bālyāt kṛtaṁ devi śabdavedhy-anuśikṣiṇā ||
اب اس پر غور کرتے ہوئے، اے دیوی! مجھے خود وہ پاپ یاد آتا ہے جو میں نے بچپن کی نادانی میں کیا تھا، جب میں صرف آواز سے نشانہ لگانے کی ودیا سیکھ رہا تھا۔
While reflecting about it now, O Devi (Kausalya)! I recollect this sin committed by me unintentionally, with childish pranks while practising the art of hitting a target by its sound.
Carelessness in skill (especially with weapons) is adharma; dharma demands restraint, right judgment, and protection of life.
Daśaratha, facing the loss of Rāma, connects his present grief to a remembered youthful act of accidental killing.
Satya and moral self-scrutiny: he does not excuse himself, but names the act as pāpa (wrong) and owns it.