Shloka 6.61.5
कुम्भकर्णदर्शनम् — The Appearance of Kumbhakarna and the Account of His Might
कोऽसौपर्वतसङ्काशःकिरीटीहरिलोचनः ।लङ्कायांदृश्यतेवीरःसविद्युदिवतोयदः ।।6.61.5।।
ācakṣva sumahān ko'sau rakṣo vā yadi vā'suraḥ |
na mayā evaṃvidhaṃ bhūtaṃ dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ kadācana ||6.61.7||
“Tell me—who is that exceedingly huge being? Is he a rākṣasa, or perhaps an asura? Never before have I seen a creature like this.”
"Who is that hero resembling a mountain, a crowned one with tawny eyes, looking like a rainy cloud driven by lightning? He is seen in Lanka."
Dharma includes intellectual honesty: admitting what one does not know and seeking truthful clarification from a reliable source.
Rāma, seeing an unprecedented gigantic foe, asks Vibhīṣaṇa to identify the being.
Rāma’s humility and commitment to satya (truth): he requests accurate knowledge before action.