Shloka 44
Sāvitrī’s Report and Nārada’s Prognosis (सावित्र्याख्यान—सत्यवान्-गुणवर्णनं तथा अल्पायुषः पूर्वसूचना)
दूषणं च खरं चैव निहत्य सुमहाबलौ । चक्रे क्षेमं पुनर्थीमान् धर्मारण्यं स राघव:,धर्मवत्सल श्रीरामचन्द्रजीने तपस्वी मुनियोंकी रक्षाके लिये महाबली खर और दूषणको मारकर वहाँके चौदह हजार राक्षसोंका संहार कर डाला तथा उन बुद्धिमान् रघुनाथजीने पुनः उस वनको क्षेमकारक धर्मारण्य बना दिया
dūṣaṇaṁ ca kharaṁ caiva nihatya sumahābalau | cakre kṣemaṁ punar dhīmān dharmāraṇyaṁ sa rāghavaḥ ||
並外れて強大なドゥーシャナとカラを討ち果たしたのち、賢きラグハヴァはその森を再び安穏の地とし、「ダルマの森」としてよみがえらせた。
(श्रीरम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames force as ethically legitimate when used to protect the innocent and to restore a space where dharma—especially the life of tapas and restraint—can flourish. Rāma’s action is presented not as conquest but as re-establishing kṣema (security) and dharmic order.
Śrī Rāma (Rāghava) defeats and kills the powerful rākṣasas Khara and Dūṣaṇa, after which he makes the forest safe again, turning it back into a ‘Dharmāraṇya’—a place where sages can live and practice without harassment.