Shloka 10
विन्ध्यवृद्धिनिवारणम् — The Restraint of the Vindhya
Agastya’s Injunction
क्षीणमांसैरविरुधिरैविंमज्जान्त्रैविसंधिभि: । आकीर्णराबभौ भूमि: शड्खानामिव राशिभि:,राक्षसोंके द्वारा भक्षण करनेके कारण उनके शरीरोंका मांस तथा रक्त क्षीण हो चुका था। वे मज्जा, आँतें और संधिस्थानों (घुटने आदि)-से रहित हो गये थे। इस तरह सब ओर फैली हुई सफेद हड्डियोंके कारण वहाँकी भूमि शंखराशिसे आच्छादित-सी प्रतीत होती थी
kṣīṇamāṃsair avirudhirair vimajjāntrair visaṃdhibhiḥ | ākīrṇā babhau bhūmiḥ śaṅkhānām iva rāśibhiḥ ||
Lomaśa said: Their flesh had wasted away and their blood was gone, for they had been devoured by rākṣasas; they were left without marrow, without entrails, and with their joints torn apart. With white bones scattered everywhere, the ground appeared as though it were covered with heaps of conch-shells—an image that underscores the horror of lawless violence and the moral disorder that follows when beings prey upon the helpless.
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