Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 93, Shloka 8
Sarga 93: Rāvaṇa’s Grief and Fury after Indrajit’s Fall; Move to Slay Vaidehī and Ministerial Restraint
अद्यवैनस्वतोराजाभूयोबहुमतोमम ।।।।येनाद्यत्वंमहाबाहो संयुक्तःकालधर्मणा ।
adya vai nasvato rājā bhūyo bahumato mama |
yenādya tvaṃ mahābāho saṃyuktaḥ kāladharmaṇā || 6.93.8 ||
Ngayon, tunay na higit kong iginagalang si Yama, hari ng mga yumao; sapagkat ngayon, O makapangyarihang bisig, ikaw ay napailalim sa batas ng Panahon—sa tadhanang kamatayan.
'O mighty armed! Today by virtue of time you have joined Yama and become esteemed King'.
FAQs
It invokes kāla-dharma (the inexorable law of time/death), a reminder that mortality frames battlefield duty and consequence.
A combatant taunts the other, declaring him destined for death under Time’s ordinance, praising Yama as about to receive him.
The verse foregrounds grim certainty and intimidation rather than virtue; it reflects the rhetorical harshness of war-speech.