Shloka 3
कुम्भकर्णोपदेशः
Kumbhakarna’s Counsel and War-Boast to Ravana
शीघ्रंखल्वभ्युपेतंत्वांफलंपापस्यकर्मणः ।निरयेष्वेवपतनंयथादुष्कृतकर्मणः ।।6.63.3।।
śīghraṃ khalv abhyupetaṃ tvāṃ phalaṃ pāpasya karmaṇaḥ |
nirayeṣv eva patanaṃ yathā duṣkṛta-karmaṇaḥ || 6.63.3 ||
Oui, promptement le fruit de ton acte pécheur s’est abattu sur toi ; ainsi ceux qui commettent le mal tombent, la tête la première, dans les royaumes infernaux.
"Those who do sinful deeds fall unobstructed so also the fruit of your sinful action has come upon you."
FAQs
Actions have inevitable moral consequences (karma-phala); violating dharma brings suffering that arrives as a natural result, not as an accident.
In the context of Rāvaṇa’s crisis, Kumbhakarṇa frames the present danger as the ripening of prior wrongdoing.
Truth-speaking bluntness (satya with severity): stating uncomfortable moral causality to correct a ruler’s delusion.