Shloka 5
अरण्यकाण्डे एकोनत्रिंशः सर्गः
Sarga 29: Rama’s Admonition to Khara and the Shattering of the Mace
लोभात्पापानि कुर्वाणः कामाद्वा यो न बुध्यते।भ्रष्टः पश्यति तस्यान्तं ब्राह्मणी करकादिव।।।।
lobhāt pāpāni kurvāṇaḥ kāmād vā yo na budhyate |
bhraṣṭaḥ paśyati tasyāntaṃ brāhmaṇī karakād iva ||
பேராசையாலோ காமத்தாலோ பாவச் செயல்களைச் செய்து அதன் தீமையை உணராதவன் அழிந்து இறுதியில் நாசத்தை அடைகிறான்—பிராஹ்மணீ பல்லி ஆலங்கட்டியை விழுங்கியதுபோல்.
Whoever commits sinful deeds out of greed or passion and without realisation will be ruined at the end like a lizard that eats hailstone (and dies).
FAQs
Dharma here is moral discernment (buddhi) restraining lobha (greed) and kāma (passion). Acting without such awareness leads inevitably to self-destruction.
A hermitage-based admonition is being delivered to a rākṣasa, warning that sinful violence and indulgence carry an inevitable end-result.
Moral clarity and self-control—choosing restraint and right understanding over impulse-driven wrongdoing.