Shloka 18
सुग्रीवस्य वैरानुकथनम्
Sugriva’s Account of Enmity and Appeal to Rama
अहत्वा नास्ति मे शक्तिः प्रतिगन्तुमितः पुरीम्।बिलद्वारि प्रतीक्ष त्वं यावदेनं निहन्म्यहम्।।
ahatvā nāsti me śaktiḥ pratigantum itaḥ purīm | bila-dvāri pratīkṣa tvaṃ yāvad enaṃ nihanmy aham ||
“Nếu không giết hắn, ta không còn sức để từ đây trở về thành. Ngươi hãy đứng đợi nơi cửa hang, cho đến khi ta hạ sát hắn.”
'I cannot return from here without killing him. Wait at the entrance of the cave until I kill him. Look forward to my return.
FAQs
Duty-first ethics: one should not abandon a righteous task midway; Vāli treats eliminating the threat as a moral obligation before returning to normal life.
Before entering the cave to fight, Vāli instructs Sugrīva to remain at the entrance and wait for his return.
Resolve (dṛḍha-niścaya): a firm commitment to complete one’s undertaking, even at personal risk.