Shloka 10
खरवधः — The Slaying of Khara
Janasthana Battle Climax
अद्य विप्रसरिष्यन्ति राक्षस्यो हतबान्धवाः।बाष्पार्द्रवदना दीना भयादन्यभयावहाः।।।।
adya viprasariṣyanti rākṣasyo hatabāndhavāḥ | bāṣpārdravadanā dīnā bhayād anyabhayāvahāḥ || 3.30.10 ||
આજે બંધુઓથી વંચિત રાક્ષસીઓ ભયથી વિખેરાઈ જશે; આંસુઓથી ભીંજાયેલા મુખે, દીન બની—જે અન્યને ભય આપતી હતી, તે હવે પોતે જ ભયગ્રસ્ત થશે.
Having lost all their relations, the demonesses, who were causing fear to others,will move away with faces full of tears.
FAQs
Adharma rebounds upon the doer: those who terrorize others inevitably face fear and grief when justice catches up with them.
Rāma foretells the immediate aftermath of Khara’s defeat: the demonesses will flee, mourning their slain relations.
Moral certainty: Rāma speaks with conviction about the inevitable outcome of unrighteous violence.