Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 87, Shloka 11
न्यग्रोध
प्रवेश-निवारणम् (Preventing Indrajit’s Banyan-Tree Rite) / Indrajit Confronts Vibhishana
इहत्वंजातसम्वृद्धःसाक्षाद्भ्रातापितुर्मम ।कथंद्रुह्यसिपुत्रस्यपितृव्योममराक्षस ।।6.87.11।।
iha tvaṃ jāta-saṃvṛddhaḥ sākṣād bhrātā pitur mama | kathaṃ druhyasi putrasya pitṛvyo mama rākṣasa ||6.87.11||
Hier bist du geboren und aufgewachsen; du bist wahrhaftig der leibliche Bruder meines Vaters. Wie kannst du, o Rākṣasa, Feindschaft gegen deinen Neffen hegen — gegen mich, seinen Sohn?
"O Rakshasa! You are born here and brought up by my father. You are my father'sbrother also. How can you be hostile to your son?"
FAQs
It raises the question of competing dharmas: kula-dharma (family loyalty) versus universal dharma (righteousness). The Ramayana repeatedly tests whether kinship alone can justify supporting wrongdoing.
Indrajit challenges Vibhīṣaṇa’s defection by appealing to family bonds and his status as a paternal uncle.
A sense of lineage and obligation (as Indrajit frames it), though the text later implies that true virtue lies in choosing righteousness over blind kinship.