Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.10.22

ramas tam aha purushada-purisha yan nah

kantasamaksham asatapahrita svavat te

tyakta-trapasya phalam adya jugupsitasya

yacchami kala iva kartur alanghya-viryah

SYNONYMS

ramah -- Lord Ramacandra; tam -- unto him, Ravana; aha -- said; purusha-ada-purisha -- you are the stool of the man-eaters (Rakshasas); yat -- because; nah -- My; kanta -- wife; asamaksham -- helpless because of My absence; asata -- by you, the most sinful; apahrita -- was kidnapped; sva-vat -- like a dog who takes food from the kitchen in the absence of the proprietor; te -- of you; tyakta-trapasya -- because you are shameless; phalam adya -- I shall give you the result today; jugupsitasya -- of you, the most abominable; yacchami -- I shall punish you; kalah iva -- like death; kartuh -- of you, who are the performer of all sinful activities; alanghya-viryah -- but I, being omnipotent, never fail in My attempt.

TRANSLATION

Lord Ramacandra said to Ravana: You are the most abominable of the man-eaters. Indeed, you are like their stool. You resemble a dog, for as a dog steals eatables from the kitchen in the absence of the householder, in My absence you kidnapped My wife, Sitadevi. Therefore as Yamaraja punishes sinful men, I shall also punish you. You are most abominable, sinful and shameless. Today, therefore, I, whose attempt never fails, shall punish you.

PURPORT

Na ca daivat param balam: no one can surpass the strength of the Transcendence. Ravana was so sinful and shameless that he did not know what the result would be of kidnapping mother Sita, the pleasure potency of Ramacandra. This is the disqualification of the Rakshasas. Asatyam apratishtham te jagad ahur anisvaram [Bg. 16.8]. The Rakshasas are unaware that the Supreme Lord is the ruler of the creation. They think that everything has come about by chance or accident and that there is no ruler, king or controller. Therefore the Rakshasas act independently, as they like, going even so far as to kidnap the goddess of fortune. This policy of Ravana's is extremely dangerous for the materialist; indeed, it brings ruin to the materialistic civilization. Nonetheless, because atheists are Rakshasas, they dare to do things that are most abominable, and thus they are punished without fail. Religion consists of the orders of the Supreme Lord, and one who carries out these orders is religious. One who fails to carry out the Lord's orders is irreligious, and he is to be punished.

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