विराधवधः
The Slaying (Burial) of Viradha
प्रसाद्यमानश्च मया सोऽब्रवीन्मां महायशाः।यदा दाशरथी रामस्त्वां वधिष्यति संयुगे।तदा प्रकृतिमापन्नो भवान्स्वर्गं गमिष्यति।।।।
prasādyamānaś ca mayā so 'bravīn māṃ mahāyaśāḥ |
yadā dāśarathī rāmas tvāṃ vadhiṣyati saṃyuge |
tadā prakṛtim āpanno bhavān svargaṃ gamiṣyati ||
我竭力求他息怒时,那位声名显赫的主对我说:‘当达沙罗陀之子罗摩在战场上杀死你之时,你将复归本性,前往天界。’
When I appealed to him, that lord of great fame (Kubera) said that I would get back my original form and ascend to heaven when Rama, son of Dasaratha, would kill me in a duel.
Dharma can become the instrument of liberation: righteous action (Rāma’s slaying of a harmful being) simultaneously restores cosmic order and grants release to the cursed.
Virādha recounts Kubera’s statement that his curse would end when Rāma kills him in battle, after which he will regain his true form and go to heaven.
Rāma’s role as a restorer of order—his battle is not mere violence but dharmic intervention with purifying consequences.