Shloka 44
अयोमुखी-दर्शनम् तथा कबन्ध-प्रवेशः
Ayomukhi Encounter and the ظهور of Kabandha
वदतं कार्यमिह वां किमर्थं चागतौ युवाम्।।।।इमं देशमनुप्राप्तौ क्षुधार्तस्येह तिष्ठतः।
vadataṃ kāryam iha vāṃ kimarthaṃ cāgatau yuvām |
imaṃ deśam anuprāptau kṣudhārtasyeha tiṣṭhataḥ ||
“বল তো, এখানে তোমাদের কী কাজ, আর কোন উদ্দেশ্যে তোমরা এসেছ? ক্ষুধায় কাতর হয়ে এখানে দাঁড়িয়ে থাকা আমার জন্যই তোমরা এই দেশে যথাসময়ে এসে পড়েছ।”
For what purpose have you come? What work have you here ? You have come at the right time as my food, since I am hungry.
FAQs
Uncontrolled appetite becomes a metaphor for adharma: hunger without restraint turns into violence; dharma requires self-governance.
Kabandha interrogates them while openly indicating his intention to devour them.
Moral contrast is set up: the brothers’ purposeful quest versus Kabandha’s hunger-driven predation.