Shloka 29
ममैष लक्ष्यभूतो हि मम पूर्वपरिग्रह: । ममैव च प्रहारेण जीविताद् व्यपरोपित:,मैंने ही पहले इसे अपने बाणोंका निशाना बनाया, अतः तुमसे पहले इसपर मेरा अधिकार स्थापित हो चुका था। मेरे ही तीव्र प्रहारसे इस दानवको अपने प्राणोंसे हाथ धोना पड़ा है
mamaiṣa lakṣyabhūto hi mama pūrvaparigrahaḥ | mamaiva ca prahāreṇa jīvitād vyaparopitaḥ ||
“Foi a este que primeiro marquei como meu alvo; portanto, o direito anterior sobre ele é meu. E foi pelo meu próprio golpe que ele foi privado da vida.”
किरयात उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts an ethical principle of prior claim: the one who first lawfully targets and accomplishes the deed (here, the killing blow) is entitled to the resulting right/ownership, emphasizing fairness and precedence in disputes.
The Kirāta argues in a dispute over a slain adversary that he had aimed first and that his strike caused the death; therefore, he insists the claim over the fallen being belongs to him rather than to the other party.