Shloka 6.114.52
रावणस्य अन्त्येष्टिः — Ravana’s Funeral Rites and the Ethics of Post-War Conduct
नैकयज्ञविलोप्तारंत्रातारंस्वजनस्य च ।।।।धर्मव्यवस्थाभेत्तारंमायास्रष्टारमाहवे ।
naikayajñaviloptāraṃ trātāraṃ svajanasya ca | dharmavyavasthābhettāraṃ māyāsraṣṭāram āhave ||
He who disrupted many yajñas, yet was the protector of his own; who broke the established order of Dharma, and in battle devised māyā—illusions and stratagems.
"He, who obstructed performance of sacrificial rituals, protected his own people, who violated code of conduct in comb at by using conjuring tricks;"
Dharma is a public moral order, not merely loyalty to one’s own. Protecting ‘one’s people’ while violating sacrifice, truth, and fair conduct reveals adharma.
Mandodarī describes the paradox of Rāvaṇa: protective toward his own circle yet destructive toward sacred rites and righteous norms.
Integrity (alignment of means and ends) is emphasized by contrast—true righteousness does not rely on deception and disruption of sacred order.