Shloka 15
सूर्यानुगमनवृत्तान्तः
The Account of Following the Sun
पक्षाभ्यां च मया गुप्तो जटायुर्न प्रदह्यते।प्रमादात्तत्र निर्दग्धः पतन्वायुपथादहम्।।।।
pakṣābhyāṃ ca mayā gupto jaṭāyur na pradahyate | pramādāt tatra nirdagdhaḥ patan vāyupathād aham ||
ខ្ញុំបានប្រើស្លាបទាំងពីរបាំងការពារជតាយុ ដើម្បីមិនឲ្យគាត់ត្រូវឆេះ; ប៉ុន្តែដោយសេចក្តីប្រមាទរបស់ខ្លួន ខ្ញុំត្រូវភ្លើងឆេះក្រហាយនៅទីនោះ ហើយពេលធ្លាក់ចុះ ខ្ញុំក៏ធ្លាក់ចេញពីផ្លូវខ្យល់។
'Bereft of my kingdom, my brother and my wings, and having lost my strength I desire to fall down from the mountain top and die.'ityārṣē śrīmadrāmāyaṇē valmīkīya ādikāvyē kiṣkindhākāṇḍē ēkaṣaṣṭitamassargaḥ৷৷Thus ends the sixtyfirst sarga in Kishkindakanda of the first epic, the Holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.
FAQs
Protecting others is dharmic, but dharma also demands vigilance: pramāda (carelessness) can destroy the protector even while saving another.
Sampāti covers Jatāyu from the Sun’s heat/fire; Sampāti himself gets burned and falls.
Protective self-sacrifice (rakṣā-bhāva), tempered by the warning against heedlessness.