Shloka 15
पुनरेवागतस्त्रस्तस्त्वत्सकाशमरिंदम।स तं निपतितं भूमौ शरण्यश्शरणागतम्।।।।वधार्हमपि काकुत्स्थ कृपया पर्यपालयः।
punar evāgataḥ trastaḥ tvat-sakāśam arindama | sa taṃ nipatitaṃ bhūmau śaraṇyaḥ śaraṇāgatam || vadhārham api kākutstha kṛpayā paryapālayaḥ |
எதிரிகளை அடக்கும் வீரனே! அவன் அஞ்சி மீண்டும் உன்னிடம் வந்தான். தரையில் விழுந்து சரணடைந்த அவனை, காகுத்ஸ்தா, நீ சரண்யனாய்—வதத்திற்குரியவனாக இருந்தும்—கருணையால் காத்தருளினாய்॥
'O destroyer of enemies! the crow came back again to you trembling seeking protection from you and fell on the ground. Even though it deserved to be slayed, you saved him out of compassion.
FAQs
Dharma includes protecting one who sincerely seeks refuge; punishment may be deserved, yet compassion and restraint become righteous when the offender submits and repents.
In the crow-episode, the offender returns to Rāma in fear, falls down in surrender, and is spared—establishing Rāma’s refuge-granting nature.
Rāma’s compassion (kṛpā) joined with principled protection of the surrendered (śaraṇāgata-rakṣaṇa).