Shloka 31
जटायुरावणयुद्धम्
Jatayu’s Combat with Ravana
परेतकाले पुरुषो यत्कर्म प्रतिपद्यते।।।।विनाशायात्मनोऽधर्म्यं प्रतिपन्नोऽसि कर्म तत्।
pareta-kāle puruṣo yat karma pratipadyate | vināśāyātmano 'dharmyaṃ pratipanno 'si karma tat ||
Cualquier acción que un hombre emprende cuando su fin se acerca tiende a la ruina; y tú has abrazado precisamente una obra injusta, destinada a tu propia destrucción.
You have resorted to unrighteous action like a dying man. This will spell your destruction.
FAQs
Adharma is self-defeating: when one chooses unrighteousness, one effectively chooses one’s own downfall.
Jaṭāyu interprets Rāvaṇa’s act as a desperate, end-bringing choice, warning that it signals imminent ruin.
Moral clarity: Jaṭāyu identifies the inner trajectory of wrongdoing—toward self-destruction.