Shloka 3.31.50
अकम्पनवृत्तान्तः — Akampana Reports Janasthana; Ravana Plans Sita’s Abduction
एवमुक्तो दशग्रीवो मारीचेन स रावणः।न्यवर्तत पुरीं लङ्कां विवेश च गृहोत्तमम्।।3.31.50।।
na hi me vipriyaṃ kṛtvā śakyaṃ maghavatā sukham | prāptuṃ vaiśravaṇenāpi na yamenā na viṣṇunā || 3.31.5 ||
For having incurred my displeasure, none can attain happiness—not Maghavat (Indra), nor Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera), nor Yama, nor even Viṣṇu.
Thus advised by Maricha ,the ten- headed Ravana returned and entered his best of homes in the city of Lanka .ityārṣē śrīmadrāmāyaṇē vālmīkīya ādikāvyē araṇyakāṇḍē ēkatriṅśassargaḥ৷৷Thus ends the thirtyfirst sarga of Aranyakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
As a negative lesson, it warns against adharma born of pride: Rāvaṇa elevates personal ego above cosmic order, contradicting the Ramayana’s dhārmic ideal that power must submit to righteousness and truth.
Rāvaṇa boasts of his supremacy, claiming that even major deities cannot be happy if they displease him—setting the tone for his hubris before Mārīca’s cautionary reply.
The verse emphasizes the absence of virtue—ahaṅkāra (arrogance)—serving as a foil to dhārmic humility.