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Shloka 3.68.12

जटायुनिर्वाणसंस्कारः — Jatayu’s Final Testimony and Funeral Rites

येन याति मुहूर्तेन सीतामादाय रावणः।विप्रणष्टं धनं क्षिप्रं तत्स्वामी प्रतिपद्यते।।।।विन्दो नाम मुहूर्तोऽयं स च काकुत्स्थ नाबुधत्।

yena yāti muhūrtena sītām ādāya rāvaṇaḥ |

vipraṇaṣṭaṃ dhanaṃ kṣipraṃ tat-svāmī pratipadyate ||

vindo nāma muhūrto ’yaṃ sa ca kākutstha nābudhat |

The very muhūrta in which Rāvaṇa went off carrying Sītā is called ‘Vinda’; by its effect, the owner quickly recovers lost wealth—yet, O Kākuṭstha, he did not understand this.

The time Ravana kidnapped Sita is known as 'Vinda'. The effect (of that time), is that her husband will regain his lost wealth. O scion of the Kakutstha race ! he (Ravana )did not know it.

J
Jatāyu
R
Rāma (Kākuṭstha)
R
Rāvaṇa
S
Sītā
V
Vinda (muhūrta)

Adharma carries the seed of its own defeat: wrongful seizure (of another’s rightful ‘wealth’) leads toward restoration for the rightful owner.

Jatāyu identifies the time of the abduction as ‘Vinda’ and indicates an omen-like assurance that the rightful owner (Rāma) will recover what was taken (Sītā).

Rāma’s rightful claim and destined restoration, contrasted with Rāvaṇa’s ignorance and moral blindness.