Shloka 170
कुम्भकर्णवधः
The Slaying of Kumbhakarna
स तन्महापर्वतकूटसन्निभंविवृत्तदंष्ट्रंचलचारुकुण्डलम् ।चकर्तरक्षोधिपतेश्शिरस्तदायथैववृत्रस्यपुरापुरन्दरः ।।।।
sa tanmahāparvatakūṭasannibhaṁ vivṛttadaṁṣṭraṁ calacārukuṇḍalam |
cakarta rakṣodhipateś śiras tadā yathaiva vṛtrasya purā purandaraḥ ||
അപ്പോൾ രാമൻ രാക്ഷസാധിപന്റെ ശിരസ് ഛേദിച്ചു—മഹാപർവ്വതശിഖരസമമായ ഭീമാകാരം, പുറത്തുകാണുന്ന ദംഷ്ട്രകളുള്ളത്, ഇളകിമറിയുന്ന മനോഹര കുണ്ഡലങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കൃതം; പണ്ടുകാലത്ത് പുരന്ദരൻ (ഇന്ദ്രൻ) വൃത്രന്റെ തല വെട്ടിയതുപോലെ।
The arrow (of Rama) severed the head of Rakshasa king whose body was like a lofty mountain peak, whose teeth were large and protruded, hanging earrings shaking, just as Indra severed the head of Vritasura earlier.
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By comparing Rāma’s act to Indra’s slaying of Vṛtra, the verse frames the fall of the rākṣasa-lord as the defeat of adharma by a rightful protector, reinforcing the idea that force used to restore moral order can be dharmic.
Satya is implied through the epic’s moral causality: the truthful, vow-bound Rāma acts decisively in a just war, and the narrative presents the outcome as consistent with the truthful order of the world—adharma ultimately meets its due end.