Shloka 13
कुशली यदि काकुत्स्थः किं नु सागरमेखलाम्।महीं दहति कोपेन युगान्ताग्निरिवोत्थितः।।।।
kuśalī yadi kākutsthaḥ kiṁ nu sāgara-mekhalām |
mahīṁ dahati kopena yugāntāgnir ivotthitaḥ ||
Se o Kakutstha está de fato bem, por que não queima, em sua ira, a terra cingida pelo oceano, como o fogo erguido no fim de uma era?
"Indeed if Kakutstha is well wherefore does he not burn the ocean-girdled earth in his rage as (the earth is burnt) at the time of dissolution of the era?
FAQs
Power must be governed by dharma: even if capable of world-consuming wrath, a righteous hero restrains destructive anger and acts with purpose.
Sītā, overwhelmed by separation, imagines Rāma’s immense power and questions why such power has not erupted against the world that holds her captive.
Rāma’s self-restraint (dama): the implied virtue is that his strength is disciplined, not indiscriminate.