Shloka 13
युद्धकाण्डे द्विनवतितमः सर्गः
Indrajit’s Fall, Rama’s Embrace, and Sushena’s Battlefield Healing
कृतंपरमकळ्याणंकर्मदुष्करकर्मणा ।अद्यमन्येहतेपुत्रेरावणंनिहतंयुधि ।।।।
kṛtaṃ paramakalyāṇaṃ karma duṣkarakarmaṇā |
adya manye hate putre rāvaṇaṃ nihataṃ yudhi ||
تم نے—جو دوسروں کے لیے دشوار کام کرنے والے ہو—نہایت ہی مبارک اور اعلیٰ کارنامہ سرانجام دیا ہے۔ آج میں سمجھتا ہوں کہ جب اس کا بیٹا مارا گیا تو راون بھی یُدھ میں گویا مارا ہی گیا۔
Lakshmana, a bull among men, body tormented by arrows, immersed in pain, breathing heavily. Rama stroking him, restoring his confidence, quickly spoke as follows.
FAQs
Dharma includes truthful recognition of righteous effort: Rāma openly credits Lakṣmaṇa’s difficult, beneficial action and frames it as decisive against adharma.
Rāma speaks to the wounded Lakṣmaṇa after Indrajit’s death, praising him and asserting that Rāvaṇa’s downfall is now inevitable.
Lakṣmaṇa’s extraordinary capability in duty (duṣkara-karma), and Rāma’s fairness and gratitude in acknowledging it.