Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 113, Shloka 16
रावणवधदर्शनम्
Lament of the Rākṣasa Women upon Seeing Rāvaṇa Slain
यो न शक्यस्सुरैर्हन्तुं न यक्षैर्नासुरैस्तथा ।सोऽयंकश्चिदिवासत्त्वोमृत्युंमर्त्येनलम्भितः ।।।।
yo na śakyaḥ surair hantuṃ na yakṣair nāsurais tathā |
so 'yaṃ kaścid ivāsattvo mṛtyuṃ martyena lambhitaḥ ||6.113.16||
Der, den weder Götter noch Yakṣas noch Asuras zu töten vermochten, hat nun durch die Hand eines Sterblichen den Tod gefunden und liegt da, als wäre ihm alle Macht entzogen.
"He, who could not be killed by Suras, Asuras or Yakshas, such a hero lies like a weak person devoid of strength, killed by a mortal, is resting."
FAQs
Adharma weakens the wrongdoer from within; when righteousness is opposed, the end comes inevitably—often through unexpected means.
The lament intensifies, stressing the irony that cosmic beings could not kill him, yet death came through a human opponent.
Rāma’s divinely-aligned humanity: strength rooted in truth and duty rather than mere supernatural status.