Shloka 62
गोदावरीतटे सीतान्वेषणम्
The Search for Sītā at the Godāvarī
सन्निरुद्धग्रहगणमावारितनिशाकरम्।।3.64.60।।विप्रणष्टानलमरुद्भास्करद्युतिसंवृतम्।विनिर्मथितशैलाग्रं शुष्यमाणजलाशयम्।।3.64.61।।ध्वस्तद्रुमलतागुल्मं विप्रणाशितसागरम्।त्रैलोक्यं तु करिष्यामि संयुक्तं कालकर्मणा।।3.64.62।।
sanniruddhagrahagaṇam āvāritaniśākaram || 3.64.60 ||
vipraṇaṣṭānalamarudbhāskaradyutisaṃvṛtam |
vinirmathitaśailāgraṃ śuṣyamāṇajalāśayam || 3.64.61 ||
dhvastadrumalatāgulmaṃ vipraṇāśitasāgaram |
trailokyaṃ tu kariṣyāmi saṃyuktaṃ kālakarmaṇā || 3.64.62 ||
私は三界を致命的な運命に縛り付けるであろう。月と惑星を止め、太陽、火、風の輝きを曇らせ、山の頂を砕き、水を干上がらせ、木々や蔓を破壊し、海さえも荒廃させる。これこそが、私が死の業によってもたらすことのできる破滅である。
I will obstruct the movement of planets and the Moon, destroy the radiance of the Sun, the fire and block the wind crush the mountain tops, dry up the tanks, destroy the trees shrubs and creepers and annihilate the oceans. I shall bring about this fatal change at once in the three worlds.
FAQs
It highlights that dharma is not merely having power to punish, but using power without collapsing the world’s welfare; justice must be discriminating, not indiscriminate.
This verse continues the same threat passage (with overlapping numbering in the source), reiterating Rāma’s ability to devastate the cosmos if wrong is not remedied.
Moral seriousness about wrongdoing—paired with the implied lesson that even a righteous hero must govern anger with wisdom.