2023-08-15 06:02:14 by jayusudindra
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with
uplifted weapons, Vibhishana bade them
sit down and with folded hands spoke
these words :
YUDDHAKANDA
अप्युपायैस्त्रिभिस्तात योऽर्थः प्राप्
तस्य विक्रमकालांस्तान् युक्तानाहुर्मनीषिणः ॥
"Dear (brother), the wise say that the
proper occasions for the use of force are
proper occasions for the use of force are
when one's object has proved unreali-
sable by all the three (prior) expedients.
किं च राक्षसराजस्य रामेणापकृतं पुरा ।
आजहार जनस्थानाद् यस्य भार्
Besides, what prior wrong had been
done to the Rakshasa king by the renow-
ned Rama, whose wife was carried away
by him from Janasthana ?
अयशस्यमनायुष्यं परदाराभिमर्शनम् ।
एतन्निमित्तं वैदेहीभयं नः सुमहद्भवेत् ॥
To have carnal knowledge of another's
wife is ruinous to one's good name and
to one's life.
will be the cause of the greatest danger
to us.