Shloka 66
युद्धलक्षण-निमित्तदर्शनं तथा लङ्काद्वारव्यूहः
War Omens and the Encirclement of Lanka’s Gates
पदवींदेवतानांचमहर्षीणांचराक्षस ।राजर्षीणांचसर्वेषांगमिष्यसिमयाहतः ।।6.41.66।।
padavīṃ devatānāṃ ca maharṣīṇāṃ ca rākṣasa |
rājarṣīṇāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ gamiṣyasi mayā hataḥ ||6.41.66||
O Rākṣasa! Wenn ich dich erschlage, wirst du den Zustand erlangen, den alle erreichen—die Devas, die großen Ṛṣis und auch die Rājarṣis.
"O Rakshasa! Even Devatas, sages and even royal sages have also lost their lives, killed by me."
FAQs
No embodied being escapes the law of mortality; even the highest orders meet their end. The verse strips away exceptionalism and frames death as the inevitable boundary that adharma cannot overrule.
Rāma foretells Rāvaṇa’s death, asserting that Rāvaṇa too will meet the universal destiny that has befallen even exalted beings.
Fearlessness grounded in principle: Rāma speaks without hesitation, conveying moral authority and unwavering confidence in the justice of his cause.