Shloka 16
मारीचवधः — The Slaying of Maricha
Golden Deer Deception
तालमात्रमथोत्प्लुत्य न्यपतत्सशरातुरः।।।।विनदन्भैरवं नादं धरण्यामल्पजीवितः।
tālamātram athōtplutya nyapatat saśarāturaḥ |
vinadan bhairavaṃ nādaṃ dharaṇyām alpajīvitaḥ ||
玛里恰被箭所伤、痛苦翻滚，跃起至一棵棕榈之高；发出骇人的嚎叫，带着残余的微命坠落大地。
Maricha gave up his false form of the deer and before breathing his last, remembered the words of Ravana. He thought over the means through which Sita could send Lakshmana to this spot so that Ravana would abduct her when she is alone.
FAQs
Adharma’s instability: deception and harm culminate in collapse; wrongdoing may appear powerful, but its momentum ends in downfall.
After being hit by Rāma’s arrow, Mārīca convulses, leaps up, cries out, and falls to the ground near death.
Rāma’s righteous efficacy is implied: his action is decisive and proportionate in confronting a threat born of deceit.