Shloka 9
Adhyaya 2 — The Wise Birds
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ब्रुवाणमित्थं खड्गेन कङ्कं छिन्चेद राक्षसः ।
क्षरत्क्षतजबिभत्सं विस्फुरन्तमचेतनम् ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca bruvāṇam itthaṃ khaḍgena kaṅkaṃ chinched rākṣasaḥ / kṣarat-kṣataja-bībhatsaṃ visphurantam acetanam
มารกัณฑยะกล่าวว่า—ขณะเขากำลังกล่าวอยู่นั้น อสูรรากษสได้ฟันกังกะด้วยดาบจนล้มลง; เลือดไหลจากบาดแผล เขากระตุกดิ้นอย่างน่าสะพรึงและหมดสติไป
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FAQs
The verse underscores the suddenness of death and the vulnerability of speech, status, or intention before brute force. In Purāṇic ethics, the rākṣasa often functions as a narrative emblem of adharmic violence; the scene warns that power without dharma reduces beings to mere bodies subject to harm.
This verse is primarily within Ākhyāna/Upākhyāna (narrative episode) rather than directly presenting sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita data. At most, it supports vaṃśānucarita only if Kaṅka and the rākṣasa belong to a larger genealogical or historical account in the surrounding verses (not determinable from this single śloka).
Symbolically, ‘speech’ (bruvāṇam) being cut down suggests the interruption of egoic assertion by the force of tamas/adharma (rākṣasa). The twitching, bloodied body highlights the impermanence (anityatā) of the physical sheath, urging the listener toward discernment (viveka) and dharmic alignment rather than reliance on mere bodily prowess.