| If you take the
advice of these people and start a war now, it would mean the destruction of Lanka and all
of us. We should also consider the demands of dharma. It was not right, it was indeed a
great sin for you, to have seized and brought Raama's wife here. We should first cleanse
ourselves of this sin. What harm did Raama do to us?
What Raama did in the Dandaka forest was in pure self-defence and the defence of those
that looked to him for protection. He fought with and slew only those that went out to
slay him. His actions surely do not justify your carrying away his wife. And even if we
had any just complaint against him, we should have met in battle.
Instead of that, to contrive his absence and seize his wife
was very wrong and sinful. When the fault is on your side, it is morally not right that we
should think of battle. Further, warcraft requires that before fighting we should take
some measure of Raama's strength and that of his army. |
