Shloka 16
रावणवधदर्शनम्
Lament of the Rākṣasa Women upon Seeing Rāvaṇa Slain
यो न शक्यस्सुरैर्हन्तुं न यक्षैर्नासुरैस्तथा ।सोऽयंकश्चिदिवासत्त्वोमृत्युंमर्त्येनलम्भितः ।।।।
yo na śakyaḥ surair hantuṃ na yakṣair nāsurais tathā |
so 'yaṃ kaścid ivāsattvo mṛtyuṃ martyena lambhitaḥ ||6.113.16||
神々にもヤクシャにもアスラにも討ち得なかったその者が、いまや一人の人間の手によって死を迎え、あたかも力をすべて失ったかのように横たわっている。
"He, who could not be killed by Suras, Asuras or Yakshas, such a hero lies like a weak person devoid of strength, killed by a mortal, is resting."
FAQs
Adharma weakens the wrongdoer from within; when righteousness is opposed, the end comes inevitably—often through unexpected means.
The lament intensifies, stressing the irony that cosmic beings could not kill him, yet death came through a human opponent.
Rāma’s divinely-aligned humanity: strength rooted in truth and duty rather than mere supernatural status.