Ramayana — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 46, Shloka 5
षट्चत्वारिंशः सर्गः
Ravana Deploys Five Generals; Hanuman Destroys the Commanders and the Remaining Host
यत्नैश्च खलु भाव्यं स्यात्तमासाद्य वनालयम्।कर्म चापि समाधेयं देशकालाविरोधिनम्।।।।
yatnaiś ca khalu bhāvyaṃ syāt tam āsādya vanālayam |
karma cāpi samādheyaṃ deśakālāvirodhinam ||
“Khi đã đến gần kẻ ở rừng ấy, các ngươi phải dốc hết công phu; và việc làm phải hợp với nơi chốn và thời thế, không trái nghịch.”
"Go to that forest-dweller and make all efforts to impose on him punishment appropriate to time and place (keeping in view the harm he has done).
FAQs
Even in conflict, action should be deśa-kāla-yukta—appropriate to context. The Ramāyaṇa repeatedly treats right means as part of dharma, not only the intended end.
Rāvaṇa advises his generals to approach Hanumān with determined effort and to choose tactics suited to the situation.
Nīti (strategic prudence)—though spoken by an adharmic ruler, the counsel reflects practical statecraft.