Shloka 3.30.14
खरवधः — The Slaying of Khara (Janasthana Battle Climax)
दृढं खल्ववलिप्तोऽसि भयेष्वपि च निर्भयः।वाच्यावाच्यं ततो हि त्वं मृत्युवश्यो न बुध्यसे।।।।
dṛḍhaṃ khalv avalipto 'si bhayeṣv api ca nirbhayaḥ | vācyāvācyaṃ tato hi tvaṃ mṛtyuvaśyo na budhyase || 3.30.14 ||
Surely you are obstinate in your arrogance—fearless even where fear is warranted; and therefore, already under Death’s dominion, you do not discern what should be spoken and what should be left unsaid.
You are very haughty. When there is every cause of fear you pretend fearlessness. Being in the grip of death you do not know what to speak and what not to speak.
Right speech and discernment (vācyāvācya-viveka) are ethical duties; arrogance blinds one to propriety, especially when one is near ruin.
Khara retorts to Rāma’s rebuke, accusing him of arrogance and lack of discernment in speech during the battle.
By contrast (through accusation), the virtue highlighted is discernment and humility—qualities Khara claims Rāma lacks, though the narrative typically assigns the blindness to Khara himself.