Shloka 7
रावणवधोत्तरं विभीषणशोकः—क्षत्रधर्मोपदेशः
Vibhishana’s Lament after Ravana’s Fall; Instruction on Kshatriya-Dharma
गतस्सेतुस्सुनीतीनांगतोधर्मस्यविग्रहः ।।6.112.6।।गतस्सत्त्वस्यसङ्क्षेपःप्रस्तावानांगतिर्गता ।आदित्यःपतितोभूमौमग्नस्तमसिचन्द्रमाः ।।6.112.7।।चित्रभानुःप्रशान्तार्चिर्व्यवसायोनिरुद्यमः ।अस्मिन्निपतितेवीरे भूमौशस्त्रभृतांवरे ।।6.112.8।।
gatas setus sunītīnāṃ gato dharmasya vigrahaḥ | gatas sattvasya saṅkṣepaḥ prastāvānāṃ gatir gatā | ādityaḥ patito bhūmau magnas tamasi candramāḥ |
Mit seinem Sturz ist es, als sei die Grenze besonnener Lebensführung verschwunden; als habe sich die Verkörperung des Dharma entfernt; als sei die Kraft niedergeworfen und das Angemessene habe seine Richtung verloren. Als wäre die Sonne zur Erde gefallen und der Mond in Finsternis versunken.
" As this hero, the wielder of weapons has fallen down on ground, the prudent one who was at boundary, disappeared he who was the form of righteousness, departed he who was a repository of might, thrown down and out of sight he, who was praiseworthy for all, lost position. With the hero falling down, it seems the Sun has fallen down, the moon plunged into darkness, fire became extinct, and the enthusiasm of people wasted."
FAQs
Dharma is presented as the organizing principle of society; when leadership collapses, collective orientation and morale also collapse.
This is a partial repetition/segmentation of the lament-verse sequence describing the world’s upheaval at Rāvaṇa’s fall.
Sobriety and insight—reading political collapse as moral collapse.