Canto 3: Araṇya-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 10: Rāma Asserts His Unbreakable Resolution to Fulfill His PromisesText 3.10.6
Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 10: Rāma Asserts His Unbreakable Resolution to Fulfill His Promises
Text 3.10.6
काले काले च निरता नियमैर्विविधैर्वने।
भक्ष्यन्ते राक्षसैर्भीमैर्नरमांसोपजीविभिः॥
kāle kāle ca niratā niyamair vividhair vane
bhakṣyante rākṣasair bhīmair nara-māṁsopajīvibhiḥ
kāle kāle ca = constantly; niratāḥ = while they are absorbed in following; niyamaiḥ = rules and regulations; vividhaiḥ = various; vane = in the forest; bhakṣyante = they are eaten; rākṣasaiḥ = rākṣasas; bhīmaiḥ = by terrible; nara-māṁsa-upajīvibhiḥ = who subsist on human flesh.
While they are constantly absorbed in following various rules and regulations in the forest, they are eaten by terrible rākṣasas who subsist on human flesh.