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Shloka 6.114.20

रावणस्य अन्त्येष्टिः — Ravana’s Funeral Rites and the Ethics of Post-War Conduct

यदैवहिजनस्थानेराक्षसैर्भहुभिर्वृतः ।खरस्तुनिहतोभ्रातातदारामो न मानुषः ।।6.114.19।।यदैवनगरींलङ्कांदुष्प्रवेशांसुरैरपि ।प्रविष्टोहनुमान्वीर्यात्तदैवव्यथितावयम् ।।6.114.20।।

yadaiva hi janasthāne rākṣasair bahubhir vṛtaḥ | kharas tu nihato bhrātā tadā rāmo na mānuṣaḥ ||

yadaiva nagarīṃ laṅkāṃ duṣpraveśāṃ surair api | praviṣṭo hanumān vīryāt tadaiva vyathitā vayam ||

“From the very time, at Jana-sthāna, when your brother Khara—though surrounded by many rākṣasas—was slain, it was clear that Rāma was no mere mortal. And when Hanumān, by sheer valor, entered Laṅkā—hard to enter even for the gods—then indeed we became deeply shaken.”

" At Janasthana when your brother Khara was surrounded by many Rakshasas also he got killed by a mortal. So also, when Hanuman entered the city of Lanka, which is difficult to enter even for gods, I got perturbed."

J
Janasthāna
K
Khara
R
Rāma
L
Laṅkā
H
Hanumān
D
Devas (gods)

Dharma includes prudent recognition of reality: ignoring clear signs and wise inference leads to ruin; arrogance blinds one to truth (satya).

Mandodarī recalls earlier turning points—Khara’s defeat and Hanumān’s entry into Laṅkā—as warnings that were not heeded.

Hanumān’s fearless devotion and heroic power, and the implied virtue of discernment—seeing consequences before they arrive.