Shloka 6.111.11
रावणवधः — The Slaying of Ravana (Brahmāstra Discharge)
कङ्कगृध्रबकानां च गोमायुगणरक्षसाम् ।नित्यंभक्षप्रदंयुद्धेयमरूपंभयापहम् ।।।।
kaṅka-gṛdhra-bakānāṃ ca gomāyu-gaṇa-rākṣasām | nityaṃ bhakṣapradaṃ yuddhe yamarūpaṃ bhayāpaham ||
In war it becomes an unceasing provider of food for kites, vultures, and herons, and for packs of jackals and Rākṣasas—terrifying, bearing the very form of Yama.
In war, it provides food for buzzards, vultures, and herons, and also jackals and Rakshasas, causing terror in the form of Yama (God of death).
A stark ethical realism: war feeds death. Dharma therefore demands that force be justified, bounded, and directed toward restoring order (satya and nyāya), not personal rage or gain.
The text describes the battlefield’s aftermath and horror—carrion-eaters gathering—framing war as deathlike (Yama-shaped).
Karunā and responsibility—an implied call to avoid needless slaughter and to pursue conflict only for righteous ends.