Shloka 14
सो<5यमस्माननुप्राप्तो वार: कुलविनाशन: । भोजन पुरुषश्वैक: प्रदेयं वेतन॑ मया,वही आज हमारी बारी आयी है, जो समूचे कुलका विनाश करनेवाली है। मुझे उस राक्षसको करके रूपमें नियत भोजन और एक पुरुषकी बलि देनी पड़ेगी
so 'yam asmān anuprāpto vāraḥ kulavināśanaḥ | bhojanaṃ puruṣaś caikaḥ pradeyaṃ vetanaṃ mayā ||
ଏବେ ଆମ ଉପରେ ସେଇ ପାଳି ଆସିପହଞ୍ଚିଛି—ଯାହା ସମଗ୍ର କୁଳକୁ ନାଶ କରେ। ସେ ନରଭକ୍ଷୀ ରାକ୍ଷସକୁ ନିର୍ଦ୍ଧାରିତ ଭୋଜନ ଓ ଗୋଟିଏ ପୁରୁଷର ବଳି—ଏହି ଦେୟ—ମୋତେ ଦେବାକୁ ପଡ଼ିବ।
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a dharmic crisis under tyranny: when a community is coerced into an unjust ‘due’ (vetana) that demands both provisions and a human life, the burden falls on households in turn. It foregrounds the ethical tension between protecting one’s family and submitting to adharma imposed by fear.
A brāhmaṇa explains that the fatal rotation has reached his household: according to the local arrangement under a rākṣasa’s oppression, each family must, on its turn, send a set amount of food and one man as the victim. He laments that this ‘turn’ is effectively the destruction of the family line.