Shloka 6
रावणोत्पत्तिः—तपसा वरलाभश्च
Rāvaṇa’s Origins and the Acquisition of Boons
भवतो भ्रातर: शूरा: सर्व एवास्त्रकोविदा: । कुलान्यल्पावशिष्टानि कृतवन्तो वनौकसाम्,“आपके सभी भाई शूरवीर एवं अस्त्रविद्याके पण्डित हैं। इन्होंने हम वनवासी हिंसक पशुओंके कुलोंको थोड़ी ही संख्यामें जीवित छोड़ा है
bhavato bhrātaraḥ śūrāḥ sarva evāstrakovidāḥ | kulāny alpāvaśiṣṭāni kṛtavanto vanaukasām ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “All your brothers are valiant heroes, and each is skilled in the science of weapons. They have left only a small remnant of the clans of the forest-dwellers.” In context, the line underscores how martial prowess, when exercised without restraint, can verge on excess—raising an implicit ethical tension between necessary protection and destructive overreach toward beings of the wilderness.
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