Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 13, Shloka 14
महापार्श्वस्य परामर्शः
Mahāpārśva’s Counsel and Rāvaṇa’s Confession of Brahmā’s Curse
अद्यप्रभृतियामन्याबलान्नारींगमिष्यसि ।तदातेशतधामूर्धाफलिष्यतिनसंशयः ।।।।
adya prabhṛti yām anyāṃ balān nārīṃ gamiṣyasi |
tadā te śatadhā mūrdhā phaliṣyati na saṃśayaḥ ||
آج کے بعد، اگر تم کسی عورت کے پاس زبردستی جاؤ گے، تو تمہارے سر کے سو ٹکڑے ہو جائیں گے، اس میں کوئی شک نہیں ہے۔
"Thus, frightened on account of his curse, I do not perforce to get her to my lustrous bed."
FAQs
Dharma protects bodily autonomy and condemns coercion: violence against women is met with immediate, divinely enforced consequence.
Brahmā issues a punitive constraint on Rāvaṇa, specifically targeting his tendency to pursue women forcibly.
The virtue upheld is respect and non-violence (ahiṃsā) toward women; the verse also underscores divine guardianship of dharma.