Shloka 6.114.61

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

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा न खल्वभिक्रुद्धोमामिहानवकुण्ठिताम् ।।।।निर्गतांनगरद्वारात्पद्भ्यामेवागतांप्रभो ।

Transliteration

paśyeṣṭadāradārāṃs te bhraṣṭalajjāvakuṇṭhitān | bahir niṣpatitān sarvān kathaṃ dṛṣṭvā na kupyasi ||

Translation

See all your beloved wives—casting off shame and hesitation—rushing out into the open. How, on seeing this, are you not angered?

Context

"Lord! How is it that you are not angry seeing me coming forth walking through the city gate?"

Characters & Entities

• Mandodarī
• Rāvaṇa
• Rāvaṇa’s wives (queenly household of Laṅkā)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

The verse teaches impermanence and the collapse of worldly authority: the one who once enforced order and propriety can no longer respond—death levels all power.

What is the narrative situation?

Mandodarī points to the other royal women who have come out publicly in distress, something that would have been regulated in ordinary times.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Communal solidarity in mourning: the household gathers, and Mandodarī gives voice to collective shock.