Note 336 — YUDDHAKĀNDAM. (continued 5)
Manmatha Nath Dutt translation
There is one sloka intervening according to some texts—but it has been omitted by many. The reasons for this omission are best known to them. The purport is:—"Why did Rāma slay Taraka before? And I shall therefore slay his spouse the daughter of king Janaka". Hearin Indrajit attempts to justify himself and wants to prove that Rāma is equally blameable for this.—T.