Shloka 6.114.29
रावणस्य अन्त्येष्टिः — Ravana’s Funeral Rites and the Ethics of Post-War Conduct
सर्वदासर्वभूतानांनास्तिमुत्युरलक्षणः ।तवतावदयंमृत्युर्मैथिलीकृतलक्षणः ।।।।
nanu nāma mahābāho tava vaiśravaṇānuja |
kruddhasya pramukhe sthātuṃ trasyaty api purandaraḥ ||
Surely it is well known, O mighty-armed one—O younger brother of Vaiśravaṇa—that when you were enraged, even Purandara (Indra) feared to stand before you.
"Death does not happen without reason for any being. To you this happened because of getting Mythili."
Worldly power and fear-based dominance are unstable; Dharma is not measured by who fears you, but by restraint and righteous conduct. The verse implicitly critiques pride (mada) that mistakes strength for moral worth.
After Rāvaṇa’s fall in battle, Mandodarī laments and recalls his former might—so great that even Indra feared him—contrasting past glory with present ruin.
Not a virtue of Rāvaṇa but a lesson for the listener: humility and self-restraint are the virtues implied as missing; the verse highlights the danger of unchecked anger and arrogance.