Shloka 3.32.15
अरण्यकाण्डे द्वात्रिंशः सर्गः — Śūrpaṇakhā’s Report to Rāvaṇa and the Panegyric of His Might
वनं चैत्ररथं दिव्यं नलिनीं नन्दनं वनम्।विनाशयति यः क्रोधाद्देवोद्यानानि वीर्यवान्।।।।
vanaṃ caitrarathaṃ divyaṃ nalinīṃ nandanaṃ vanam | vināśayati yaḥ krodhād devodyānāni vīryavān || 3.32.15 ||
Valiant though he was, in anger he laid waste the devas’ gardens—the divine Caitraratha, the lotus-ponds, and the Nandana grove.
Out of anger he destroyed all the gardens of gods like Chitraratha of Kubera full of lotus-ponds and Nandana, the pleasure-garden of Indra.
Anger that destroys what is sacred and beautiful is adharma; dharma requires restraint and reverence for what sustains harmony—symbolized by divine gardens.
The text continues the portrait of Rāvaṇa as one who, driven by rage, violates even divine domains—intensifying the moral contrast with Rāma.
A negative lesson: absence of self-control; the Ramayana elevates kṣamā (forbearance) and dama (restraint) as true virtues.