Shloka 33
मैत्रीप्रतिज्ञा-वैरकारणप्रश्नः
Friendship Vow and Inquiry into the Cause of Enmity
हृता भार्या च मे तेन प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयसी।सुहृदश्च मदीया ये संयता बन्धनेषु ते।।
hṛtā bhāryā ca me tena prāṇebhyo ’pi garīyasī | suhṛdaś ca madīyā ye saṃyatā bandhanaṣu te ||
اسی نے میری بیوی کو—جو مجھے جان سے بھی زیادہ عزیز تھی—چھین لیا؛ اور میرے جو دوست تھے اُنہیں پکڑ کر قید و بند میں ڈال دیا۔
'I was robbed of my wife who is dearer than my own life. All my friends were rounded up and imprisoned.
FAQs
Dharma protects family bonds and social order; taking another’s wife and imprisoning allies are presented as grave breaches of righteous conduct.
Sugrīva lists the wrongs done by Vāli: the seizure of his wife and the imprisonment of his supporters.
Sugrīva’s clarity and truthfulness in testimony, seeking justice through righteous means rather than deceit.