Shloka 186
युधिष्ठिरकृष्णसंवादः — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Appeal and Kṛṣṇa’s Assurance
Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 59
प्रादान्निहत्य रक्षांसि पितृदेवेभ्य ईश्वर: । जनस्थानमें राक्षसोंने जो पितरों और देवताओंकी पूजा-अर्चा नष्ट कर दी थी, उसे भगवान् श्रीरामने राक्षसोंको मारकर पुनः प्रचलित किया और पितरोंको श्राद्धका तथा देवताओंको यज्ञका भाग दिया
prādān nihatyā rākṣāṁsi pitṛdevebhya īśvaraḥ |
Nārada said: The Lord, having slain the rākṣasas, restored what had been disrupted—he re-established the rightful offerings to the Pitṛs and the Devas, ensuring that ancestral rites and sacrificial shares were again properly given. Ethically, the verse frames the destruction of the rākṣasas as the removal of forces that obstruct dharma, so that worship, sacrifice, and social-religious order may continue without violation.
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