Shloka 21
खर
शूर्पणखा-संवादः | Khara and Surpanakha: Lament, Reproach, and the Janasthana Crisis
रामतेजोभिभूतो हि त्वं क्षिप्रं विनशिष्यसि।3.21.20।।स हि तेजस्समायुक्तो रामो दशरथात्मजः।भ्राता चास्य महावीर्यो येन चास्मि विरूपिता।।3.21.21।।
rāma-tejobhibhūto hi tvaṁ kṣipraṁ vinaśiṣyasi | sa hi tejas-samāyukto rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ | bhrātā cāsya mahāvīryo yena cāsmi virūpitā ||
Sobrepujado pelo esplendor de Rama, serás destruído rapidamente. Rama, o filho de Dasharatha, está cheio de radiância, e seu irmão é um poderoso guerreiro, aquele que me desfigurou.
Let down by the brilliance of Rama, son of Dasaratha, you will be soon destroyed. He is mighty and his brother who has disfigured me is very valiant.
FAQs
Repetition reinforces the moral causality: adharma meets ruin when confronting dharmic tejas. The insistence also shows how truth (satya) can be rhetorically deployed even by an angry speaker.
This verse repeats the prior warning (as transmitted here), stressing Rama’s radiance and the brother’s valor as reasons Khara’s attack will fail.
Rama’s righteous brilliance and steadfast martial capability are emphasized through reiterated description.