Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 87, Shloka 24
न्यग्रोध
प्रवेश-निवारणम् (Preventing Indrajit’s Banyan-Tree Rite) / Indrajit Confronts Vibhishana
महर्षीणांवधोघोरस्सर्वदेवैश्चविग्रहः ।।6.87.24।।अभिमानश्चदोषश्चवैरित्वंप्रतिकूलता ।एतेदोषाममभ्रातुर्जीवितैश्वर्यनाशनाः ।।6.87.25।।गुणान्प्रच्छादयामासुःपर्वतानिवतोयदाः ।
maharṣīṇāṃ vadho ghoraḥ sarvadevaiś ca vigrahaḥ || 6.87.24 || abhimānaś ca doṣaś ca vairitvaṃ pratikūlatā | ete doṣā mama bhrātur jīvitaiśvaryanāśanāḥ || 6.87.25 || guṇān pracchādayāmāsuḥ parvatān iva toyadāḥ |
قتلُ المَهارِشيّين قتلًا مُروِّعًا، والعداءُ حتى لجميع الآلهة، والكِبرُ وتتبُّع العيوب، والخصومةُ والعنادُ والمخالفة—هذه الرذائلُ قد أذهبت حياةَ أخي وسلطانه. لقد سترت محاسنه كما تستر سُحُبُ المطرِ الجبال.
"Stealing the wealth of others, possessing others wife, distrusting friends, these three faults will destroy a person."
FAQs
Adharma—violence against sages, hostility to the divine order, and entrenched arrogance—destroys both spiritual merit and political power; dharma sustains sovereignty.
Vibhīṣaṇa explains that Ravana’s downfall is self-caused: his accumulated vices eclipse his virtues and lead to ruin.
Humility and reverence—especially respect for sages and the divine order as foundations for legitimate rule.