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35 passagesश्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे अरण्यकाण्डे नवमः सर्गः ॥३-९॥ सुतीक्ष्णेनाभ्यनुज्ञातं प्रस्थितं रघुनन्दनम्। हृद्यया स्निग्धया वाचा भर्तारमिदमब्रवीत्॥ १॥
In the revered Valmiki Ramayana, in the Aranya-kanda, the ninth canto. Having received permission from Sutikshna, the descendant of Raghu was setting forth. She spoke these words to her husband in heartfelt, affectionate speech.
अधर्मं तु सुसूक्ष्मेण विधिना प्राप्यते महान्। निवृत्तेन च शक्योऽयं व्यसनात् कामजादिह॥ २॥
But great unrighteousness is incurred by a very subtle procedure; and here this can be avoided, by one who has turned away, from the vice born of desire and the like.
त्रीण्येव व्यसनान्यत्र कामजानि भवन्त्युत। मिथ्यावाक्यं तु परमं तस्माद् गुरुतरावुभौ॥ ३॥
Indeed, there are only three desire-born vices here. False speech, however, is the highest; therefore both of the other two are said to be more serious. The transmitted comparison is grammatically clear, but its intended ranking is difficult: it literally says that false speech is supreme and then calls both others “more serious.”
परदाराभिगमनं विना वैरं च रौद्रता। मिथ्यावाक्यं न ते भूतं न भविष्यति राघव॥ ४॥
Approaching another man’s wife, hostility, and cruelty—[the transmitted word] विना is syntactically uncertain here; literally it means “without” or “apart from.” False speech has never existed in you, nor will it exist, Rāghava.
कुतोऽभिलषणं स्त्रीणां परेषां धर्मनाशनम्। तव नास्ति मनुष्येन्द्र न चाभूत् ते कदाचन॥ ५॥
Whence could there be in you any desire for other men's wives—the destruction of dharma? It is not in you, O lord of men, nor has it ever been in you at any time.
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