Shloka 6.74.75
औषधिपर्वताहरणम् / The Retrieval of the Herb-Bearing Mountain
दाप्रभृतिलङ्कायांयुध्यन्तेहरिराक्षसाः ।तदाप्रभृतिमानार्थमाज्ञयारावणस्य च ।।6.74.75।।येहन्यन्तेरणेतत्रराक्षसाःकपिकुञ्जरैः ।हताहतास्तुक्षिप्यन्तेसर्वएवतुसागरे ।।6.74.76।।
yadāprabhṛti laṅkāyāṃ yudhyante hari-rākṣasāḥ |
tadāprabhṛti mānārtham ājñayā rāvaṇasya ca ||6.74.75||
From the very time the Vanaras and Rakshasas began their battle in Lanka, by the command of Ravana, a practice was followed to conceal the dead and leave no proof.
From the beginning of the war in Lanka till the end without exception, all the Rakshasas were killed in war by the Vanara leaders then and there were thrown into the ocean by Ravana's instruction, not to have means of proof.
The verse points to Adharma: concealing wrongdoing and avoiding accountability. Dharma values truth (satya) and responsibility; deliberate erasure of evidence is ethically condemned by implication.
A narration explains a policy in Laṅkā during the war instituted by Rāvaṇa, connected to preventing visible proof of losses.
By contrast, the verse highlights the absence of virtue in Rāvaṇa’s camp—fear-driven concealment rather than truthful accountability.