Shloka 68
गोदावरीतटे सीतान्वेषणम्
The Search for Sītā at the Godāvarī
नैव देवा न दैतेया न पिशाचा न राक्षसाः।भविष्यन्ति मम क्रोधात्त्रैलोक्ये विप्रणाशिते।।।।
naiva devā na daiteyā na piśācā na rākṣasāḥ | bhaviṣyanti mama krodhāt trailokye vipraṇāśite ||
我が怒りが三界を滅ぼし尽くすとき、デーヴァもダイティヤも、ピシャーチャもラクシャサも、決して一つとして残らぬ。
My anger will destroy all the gods, demons and evil spirits. They will be extinghished from the three worlds.
FAQs
The verse dramatizes how anger, if unchecked, becomes adharma by threatening cosmic balance itself. Dharma requires that even justified grief not become indiscriminate destruction.
Rāma’s grief reaches an apocalyptic pitch; he imagines his wrath destroying all categories of beings across the three worlds.
The intensity of commitment and power—paired with the cautionary theme that virtue must be steadied by self-mastery.