Shloka 6
रावणोत्पत्तिः—तपसा वरलाभश्च
Rāvaṇa’s Origins and the Acquisition of Boons
भवतो भ्रातर: शूरा: सर्व एवास्त्रकोविदा: । कुलान्यल्पावशिष्टानि कृतवन्तो वनौकसाम्,“आपके सभी भाई शूरवीर एवं अस्त्रविद्याके पण्डित हैं। इन्होंने हम वनवासी हिंसक पशुओंके कुलोंको थोड़ी ही संख्यामें जीवित छोड़ा है
bhavato bhrātaraḥ śūrāḥ sarva evāstrakovidāḥ | kulāny alpāvaśiṣṭāni kṛtavanto vanaukasām ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “All your brothers are valiant heroes, and each is skilled in the science of weapons. They have left only a small remnant of the clans of the forest-dwellers.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the power of martial expertise and implicitly invites reflection on restraint: even justified strength can become ethically troubling if it results in near-extermination of vulnerable forest communities or creatures.
Vaiśampāyana describes to the listener that the addressed person’s brothers are all brave and weapon-skilled, and that their actions in the forest have left only a small remnant of the forest-dwellers’ clans.