Ramayana — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 21, Shloka 26
सीताया रावणं प्रति धर्मोपदेशः
Sita’s Dharmic Admonition to Ravana
रक्षांसि परिनिघ्नन्तः पुर्यामस्यां समन्ततः।।।।असंपातं करिष्यन्ति पतन्तः कङ्कवाससः।
rakṣāṃsi parinighnantaḥ puryām asyāṃ samantataḥ | asaṃpātaṃ kariṣyanti patantaḥ kaṅka-vāsasaḥ ||
この都の至るところに降り注ぐ、カンカの羽で矢羽を飾ったその矢は、四方の羅刹たちを打ち倒し、ほかの矢が落ちる余地すら残さぬであろう。
"The shafts bound with feathers of Kanka birds (released by Rama and Lakshmana) will be killing the demons all over this Lanka. They will not give a chance for any other weapon to fall.
FAQs
When adharma becomes entrenched, dharma’s corrective action can be sweeping; moral order reasserts itself comprehensively.
Sītā intensifies her warning by portraying the scale of destruction that Rāma’s forces will bring upon Laṅkā’s defenders.
Rāma’s protective justice—punishment directed at aggressors rather than the innocent.