Shloka 5
मारीचस्य रावणं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः
Maricha’s Counsel on Kingship and Ruin to Ravana
केनेदमुपदिष्टं ते क्षुद्रेणाहितवादिना।यस्त्वामिच्छति नश्यन्तं स्वकृतेन निशाचर।।।।
kenedaṃ upadiṣṭaṃ te kṣudreṇāhitavādinā | yas tvām icchati naśyantaṃ svakṛtena niśācara ||
噫，夜行者啊，是谁——哪个卑劣而恶言的谋士——如此教唆于你？凡愿你因自身所作而灭亡者，决非你的友人。
O Ravana! by which mean fellow is this advice given against your welfare? Who wants you to be destroyed by your own action.
FAQs
Dharma requires choosing हित (benefit) over अहित (harm). An adviser who leads one into self-caused ruin violates the ethical role of counsel.
Mārīca criticizes the source of Rāvaṇa’s resolve, implying that the plan is so ruinous that only a malicious adviser would promote it.
Discernment in relationships: recognizing true friendship as that which prevents self-harm.