Shloka 4
खरस्य क्रोधः — शूर्पणखावृत्तान्तकथनम्
Khara’s Wrath and Śūrpaṇakhā’s Report
कः कालपाशं समासज्य कण्ठे मोहान्न बुध्यते।यस्त्वामद्य समासाद्य पीतवान्विषमुत्तमम्।।।।
kaḥ kālapāśaṃ samāsajya kaṇṭhe mohān na budhyate | yas tvām adya samāsādya pītavān viṣam uttamam ||
Wer würde aus Verblendung die Schlinge des Todes an den eigenen Hals legen und es dennoch nicht begreifen? Wer dich heute angegriffen hat, hat gleichsam das tödlichste Gift getrunken.
Two human beings equipped with weapons, clad in bark robes and deer-skin have entered the dreadful Dandaka forest along with a woman of bewitching beauty.
FAQs
Actions opposed to dharma—especially violent aggression—bind the doer to inevitable consequences; the verse stresses moral causality as a truth (satya) of conduct.
Khara is enraged by Śūrpaṇakhā’s condition and frames the attacker’s act as self-destructive, like embracing death.
Awareness of consequence: understanding that wrongdoing and provocation return upon the perpetrator.