क्षणेनाद्य करिष्ये ऽहम् इदं वनम् अकण्टकम् ॥
पुरस्ताद् दूषितं नित्यं त्वया भक्षयता नरान् ॥
अद्य त्वां भगिनी पाप कृष्यमाणं मया भुवि ॥
द्रक्षत्य् अद्रिप्रतीकाशं सिंहेनेव महाद्विपम् ॥
निराबाधास् त्वयि हते मया राक्षसपांसन ॥
वनम् एतच् चरिष्यन्ति पुरुषा वनचारिणः ॥
kṣaṇenādya kariṣye 'ham idaṃ vanam akaṇṭakam ||
purastād dūṣitaṃ nityaṃ tvayā bhakṣayatā narān ||
adya tvāṃ bhaginī pāpa kṛṣyamāṇaṃ mayā bhuvi ||
drakṣaty adripratīkāśaṃ siṃheneva mahādvipam ||
nirābādhās tvayi hate mayā rākṣasapāṃsana ||
vanam etac cariṣyanti puruṣā vanacāriṇaḥ ||
"In an instant now I shall make this forest free of thorns, until now ceaselessly defiled by you, devourer of men. Today your sister will see you, o sinner, mountain-like, dragged by me over the ground, as a lion drags a great elephant. When you are slain by me, o disgrace of the rakshasas, men, dwellers of the woods, will roam this forest unhindered."
dc02b7e2fc1f · publicado 12 jul 2026, 17:09:57 UTC
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Here the higher purpose of the battle is revealed — not vengeance, but the deliverance of many. Telling is that Bhima speaks of clearing the forest "of thorns": the death of the man-eater brings safety to all wayfarers and forest-dwellers who until now lived in fear. Here is shown the dharma of the kshatriya: the warrior kills the wrongdoer not for himself, but for the protection of the defenseless; the death of one predator is life for many. Telling too is that Bhima's valor appears as a benefaction: his strength serves the common good, shielding the innocent from the devourer. Thus scripture shows that righteous battle is service: the sword that crushes evil opens for people a path to peaceful life.