Shloka 6.63.3

कुम्भकर्णोपदेशः — Kumbhakarna’s Counsel and War-Boast to Ravana

Devanagari script

शीघ्रंखल्वभ्युपेतंत्वांफलंपापस्यकर्मणः ।निरयेष्वेवपतनंयथादुष्कृतकर्मणः ।।6.63.3।।

Transliteration

śīghraṃ khalv abhyupetaṃ tvāṃ phalaṃ pāpasya karmaṇaḥ |

nirayeṣv eva patanaṃ yathā duṣkṛta-karmaṇaḥ || 6.63.3 ||

Translation

Truly, the fruit of your sinful deed has swiftly come upon you—just as evildoers plunge headlong into the hell-realms.

Context

"Those who do sinful deeds fall unobstructed so also the fruit of your sinful action has come upon you."

Characters & Entities

• Kumbhakarṇa
• Rāvaṇa
• niraya (hell-realms)

FAQs

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

Actions have inevitable moral consequences (karma-phala); violating dharma brings suffering that arrives as a natural result, not as an accident.

What is the narrative situation?

In the context of Rāvaṇa’s crisis, Kumbhakarṇa frames the present danger as the ripening of prior wrongdoing.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Truth-speaking bluntness (satya with severity): stating uncomfortable moral causality to correct a ruler’s delusion.