74 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 10
yat—because; nah—My; kanta—wife, asamaksam—helpless because
of My absence; asata—by you, the most sinful; apahrta—was kid-
napped; Sva-vat—like a dog who takes food from the kitchen in the ab-
sence of the proprietor; te—of you; tyakta-trapasya—because you are
shameless; phalam adya—I shall give you the result today; jugup-
sitasya—of you, the most abominable; yacchami—I shall punish you;
kalah iva—like death; kartuh—of you, who are the performer of all sin-
ful 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 strengh 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 Raksasas. Asatyam
apratistham te jagad dhur anisvaram. The Raksasas 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 Raksasas 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 Raksasas,
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.
