Shloka 31
अयोमुखी-दर्शनम् तथा कबन्ध-प्रवेशः
Ayomukhi Encounter and the ظهور of Kabandha
भक्षयन्तं महाघोरानृक्षसिंहमृगद्विपान्।घोरौ भुजौ विकुर्वाणमुभौ योजनमायतौ।।।।
bhakṣayantaṁ mahā-ghorān ṛkṣa-siṁha-mṛga-dvipān |
ghorau bhujau vikurvāṇam ubhau yojanam āyatau ||3.69.31||
അവൻ അതിമഹാഘോരനായി ഭയങ്കരമായ കരടികൾ, സിംഹങ്ങൾ, മൃഗങ്ങൾ, ആനകൾ എന്നിവയെ ഭക്ഷിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരുന്നു; കൂടാതെ തന്റെ രണ്ടു ഭയങ്കര ഭുജങ്ങളും വികൃതമായി വീശിക്കൊണ്ടിരുന്നു—ഇരുവരും ഓരോന്നും ഒരു യോജന നീളമുള്ളവ.
The terrific demon kept eating bears, lions, deer and elephants, catching with both his arms stretching up to one yojana.
FAQs
Dharma is framed as protection of the vulnerable and restraint against predation; Kabandha’s indiscriminate violence represents adharma that must be checked.
The narration continues describing Kabandha’s monstrous strength and his violent feeding in the forest.
For Rama and Lakshmana, the implied virtue is kṣātra-dharma (righteous valor): confronting destructive forces to restore safety and order.