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 ||
ผู้ใดเพราะความโลภหรือกามราคะ กระทำบาปโดยไม่รู้ผิดรู้ชอบ ผู้นั้นย่อมพินาศและถึงความดับสิ้นในที่สุด—ดุจจิ้งจกกลืนเม็ดลูกเห็บ
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.