Dialogue of the day from Ramayan, ‘Samarthyavan ko kshama ka gun nahin tyagna chahiye...’

Dialogue of the Day: In Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan, Ram speaks about how a powerful person should treat an enemy. He says that someone strong enough to punish should also be strong enough to hold back. In the longer speech, he talks about not letting personal anger decide what happens, and about giving an opponent the chance to make up for their wrongs.

Dialogue of the Day

"सामर्थ्यवान को क्षमा का गुण नहीं त्यागना चाहिए, दया ही वीर की शोभा होती है।" (A person with power should never give up the quality of forgiveness, because compassion is what adorns the brave.) - Ram, Ramayan (1987)

What does the dialogue mean?

It turns a common idea around. We tend to think that strength shows in how forcefully you can strike back. Ram says the opposite. Real strength shows when you could punish someone and choose mercy instead.

The longer passage explains why. If one person’s wrong is punished in anger, innocent people could suffer for it. A brave person, he says, controls their own rage, forgives where they can, and lets the enemy have a chance to atone. Punishment is a last resort, not a first reaction.

That is what makes Ram’s victory different. He does not fight Ravan out of hatred. The war happens only after chances to make peace have passed. Even in winning, he is not the one who revels in it.

For Diwali, it is a good reminder that the lamps do not celebrate someone getting even. They celebrate good winning in a way that keeps its goodness. That is a lesson for ordinary life too. When you have the upper hand in an argument, a workplace or a family dispute, the harder and braver thing is often to be gentle.

About Ramayan

Ramayan is an Indian television series created, written and directed by Ramanand Sagar, which aired on DD National from 25 January 1987 to 31 July 1988. Arun Govil played Ram and Deepika Chikhalia played Sita, with music by Ravindra Jain. It is based mainly on Valmiki’s Ramayan and Tulsidas’s Ramcharitmanas, and it became one of the most watched shows in Indian television history, with its dialogues still shared widely today.