Canonical Ref: BK 12.24
Metrical Form: उपजातिः
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
अग्निः प्रमादेन ददाह लङ्कां वध्यस्य देहे स्वयमेधितश्चेत् । विमृश्य तद्देव-धियाऽभिधत्त ब्रह्माऽस्त्र-बन्धोऽपि यदि प्रमादः ॥
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
Karandikar:
‘If fire enkindled by ourselves on the body of one who deserved to be killed, burnt out Lanka by mistake, then say, after considering well with a divine intellect, whether noosing him with the missile of Brahma was also a mistake.
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Bhaṭṭikāvyam, BK 12.24. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.