Shloka 30
अभिज्ञानप्रदानम्
The Token of Recognition (Chūḍāmaṇi) and the Crow Episode Recalled
स दर्भं संस्तराद्गृह्य ब्राह्मेणास्त्रेण योजयत्।।5.38.30।।स दीप्त इव कालाग्निर्जज्वालाभिमुखो द्विजम्।
sa darbhaṃ saṃstarād gṛhya brāhmeṇāstreṇa yojayat || 5.38.30 ||
sa dīpta iva kālāgnir jajvālābhimukho dvijam |
彼は敷き物からダルバ草の一葉を取り、ブラフマーの武器の力をそれに結びつけた。死の火のごとく燃えさかり、それは鳥に向かって炎となって迸った。
'Taking out a blade of darbha grass from your mat, you invoked the weapon of Brahma by reciting the mantra. Then you discharged it which blazed like the fire of death and went spear-heading towards the crow.
FAQs
Power must be applied with moral intent: sacred force is invoked not for vanity but to restrain cruelty and protect the harmed.
Rāma prepares a Brahmāstra-charged darbha to punish or stop the crow.
Competent guardianship—Rāma uses disciplined, sanctioned power rather than uncontrolled retaliation.