Shloka 3.32.6
अरण्यकाण्डे द्वात्रिंशः सर्गः — Śūrpaṇakhā’s Report to Rāvaṇa and the Panegyric of His Might
देवगन्धर्वभूतानामृषीणां च महात्मनाम्।अजेयं समरे शूरं व्यात्ताननमिवान्तकम्।।।।
devāsuravimardeṣu vajrāśanikṛtavraṇam | airāvataviṣāṇagrair udghṛṣṭakiṇavakṣasam ||
He bore wounds made by thunderbolts and missiles in clashes of devas and asuras, and scars upon his chest gouged by the tips of Airāvata’s tusks.
Invincible to gods, gandharvas, all living beings, great sages and seers, he was like Yama, lord of death with wide open jaws.
Past victories and battle-marks do not sanctify a person’s present choices. Dharma evaluates one by current conduct and restraint, not by reputation or war-record.
The narrator continues detailing Rāvaṇa’s formidable history and body marked by cosmic battles.
Endurance and battle-hardiness are shown, but the epic’s ethical lens implies that such traits must be governed by dharma to be truly admirable.