Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 12, Shloka 40
युद्धकाण्डे द्वादशः सर्गः — रावणस्य परिषद्-सम्बोधनं कुम्भकर्णस्य नीत्युपदेशश्च
Ravana’s Council Address and Kumbhakarna’s Counsel
रमस्वकामम् पिबचाग्य्रवारुणींकुरष्वकार्याणिहितानिविज्वरः ।मयातुरामेगमितेयमक्षयंचिरायसीतावशगाभविष्यति ।।6.12.40।।
ramasva kāmam piba cāgryavāruṇīṃ kuraṣva kāryāṇi hitāni vijvaraḥ | mayā tu rāme gamite yamakṣayaṃ cirāya sītā vaśagā bhaviṣyati || 6.12.40 ||
Sport as you please; drink the finest wine; do whatever pleases you, free from anxiety. For when I have sent Rama to Yama’s abode, Sita will remain under your power for a long time.
"You be free from fear, sporting and drinking the best of wines and doing actions that you like. Rama will be sent to the abode of the god of death. On reaching their Sita will be under your control for long."।।ityārṣēvālmīkīyēśrīmadrāmāyaṇēādikāvyēyuddhakāṇḍēdvādaśassargaḥ।।This is the end of twelfth sarga of Yuddha Kanda of the first epic the holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.
FAQs
The verse highlights adharma’s delusion: treating Sita as an object of control violates dharma and satya; the epic frames such desire-driven confidence as morally blind.
Kumbhakarna urges Ravana to relax, promising to kill Rama and thereby secure Sita’s continued captivity.
Unshaken confidence—though ethically inverted by lust and domination rather than protection and truth.
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