Shloka 85
इन्द्रजित्-वधः
The Slaying of Indrajit
शान्तरश्मिरिवादित्योनिर्वाणइवपावकः ।बभूव स महाबाहुर्व्यपास्तगतजीवितः ।।।।
śānta-raśmir ivādityo nirvāṇa iva pāvakaḥ |
babhūva sa mahābāhur vyapāsta-gata-jīvitaḥ ||
Privé de vie, le héros aux vastes bras demeura immobile : tel le soleil dont les rayons se sont apaisés, tel le feu après son extinction.
Shorn of life, the broad shouldered Indrajith remained on the ground like the Sun whose rays have become cool, after death.
FAQs
Adharma ultimately collapses: even the most formidable warrior, when aligned with unrighteous causes, meets the end that karma brings.
Indrajit has been killed, and the poem describes his lifeless stillness through powerful natural similes.
Lakṣmaṇa’s steadfastness in righteous combat is implied by the fall of a feared adversary; the verse also underscores the inevitability of mortality.