Canonical Ref: BK 2.35
Metrical Form: इन्द्रवज्रा
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
धर्मोऽस्ति सत्यं तव राक्षसाऽय- मन्यो व्यतिस्ते तु ममाऽपि धर्मः । ब्रह्म-द्विषस्ते प्रणिहन्मि येन राजन्य-वृत्तिर्धृत-कार्मुकेषुः ॥
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
Karandikar:
(Rama spoke to him again). Oh demon, truethis may be your duty. But, t, too, have another duty which runs contrary (to it), whereby, following the profession of a warrior and wielding the bow and arrows, have to kill you, the brahmin-hater.
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Bhaṭṭikāvyam, BK 2.35. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.