Shloka 8
वालिवधः — Vālī’s Fall and Dharma-Accusation
Kiṣkindhā Sarga 17
तदस्त्रं तस्य वीरस्य स्वर्गमार्गप्रभावनम्।रामबाणासनक्षिप्तमावहत्परमां गतिम्।।
tadastraṃ tasya vīrasya svargamārga-prabhāvanam | rāmabāṇāsana-kṣiptam āvahat paramāṃ gatim ||
તે વીર માટે રામના ધનુષ્યથી છૂટેલું તે અસ્ત્ર સ્વર્ગમાર્ગ ઉઘાડનાર બની, તેને પરમ ગતિ સુધી પહોંચાડ્યું।
Rama's arrow released paved the way to heaven which was that hero's supreme destination.
FAQs
The verse reflects the epic idea that death in a heroic encounter can be framed within a moral-cosmic order (svarga-mārga), even as questions of right conduct remain central elsewhere in the dialogue.
The narrator comments on the effect of Rāma’s arrow: it leads Vālin toward his final, exalted end.
Heroic worthiness—Vālin is still called ‘vīra’, and his end is portrayed as reaching a ‘paramā gati’.