Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Kālidāsa's Raghuvaṃśa 12th Sarga - 42


जय श्रीराम!





प्राप्य चाशु जनस्थानं खरादिभ्यस्तथाविधम् ।  रामोपक्रममाचख्यौ रक्षःपराभवं नवम् ॥१२.४२॥


Notes: Kālidāsa says, "She rushed at once, screaming blood, to Khara, her half-brother, whose army lorded over that region called Janasthāna. She protested that the Rākṣasas̍ unprecedented defeat had been handed to them by Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa by their act of disfiguring her."

When we are discussing  Rākṣasas and their methods, we know that they use violence as their tools in trade. Śūrpanakhā rushed to present her bloody self at once to her half-brother, Khara (whose name meant he looked like an ass), who was by nature violent as hell. She screamed that they had been handed defeat. Enough to mobilise all his army to take revenge. 
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