Shloka 31
जटायुरावणयुद्धम्
Jatayu’s Combat with Ravana
परेतकाले पुरुषो यत्कर्म प्रतिपद्यते।।।।विनाशायात्मनोऽधर्म्यं प्रतिपन्नोऽसि कर्म तत्।
pareta-kāle puruṣo yat karma pratipadyate | vināśāyātmano 'dharmyaṃ pratipanno 'si karma tat ||
Anumang gawaing yakapin ng tao kapag nalalapit na ang kanyang wakas, iyon ay humahantong sa kapahamakan; at ikaw ay pumasok sa gayong di-matuwid na gawain—na sa sarili mong pagkalipol ang hantungan.
You have resorted to unrighteous action like a dying man. This will spell your destruction.
FAQs
Adharma is self-defeating: when one chooses unrighteousness, one effectively chooses one’s own downfall.
Jaṭāyu interprets Rāvaṇa’s act as a desperate, end-bringing choice, warning that it signals imminent ruin.
Moral clarity: Jaṭāyu identifies the inner trajectory of wrongdoing—toward self-destruction.