← 3.8.9 · Araṇya Kāṇḍa 8: Story of the tapasvin’s sword · 3.8.11 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.8.10

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 8: Story of the tapasvin’s sword. Sītā describes how guarding Indra’s weapon corrupted a peaceful ṛṣi and warns Rāma against violence without enmity

In the sequence: seeing him enter the forest armed worries her: a warrior's bow can inflame aggression as fuel feeds fire. To explain, Sītā recalls a tapasvin whose peaceful discipline Indra wished to obstruct

3.8.10

na hi me rocate vīra gamanaṃ daṇḍakān prati
kāraṇaṃ tatra vakṣyāmi vadantyāḥ śrūyatāṃ mama

For your going to the Daṇḍaka forest does not please me, O hero; I shall tell you the reason—let it be heard from me as I speak.

Words: na — not; hi — for, indeed; me — to me; rocate — is pleasing; vīra — O hero; gamanaṃ — the going; daṇḍakān prati — toward the Daṇḍaka (forests); kāraṇaṃ — the reason; tatra — therein; vakṣyāmi — I shall tell; vadantyāḥ — of (me) speaking; śrūyatāṃ — let it be heard; mama — from me

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.