Shloka 6.87.21

न्यग्रोध-प्रवेश-निवारणम् (Preventing Indrajit’s Banyan-Tree Rite) / Indrajit Confronts Vibhishana

Devanagari script

धर्मात्प्रच्युतशीलंहिपुरुषंपापनिश्चयम् ।।6.87.21।।त्यक्त्वासुखमवाप्नोतिहस्तादाशीविषंयथा ।

Transliteration

parasvaharaṇe yuktaṃ paradārābhimarśakam || 6.87.22 || tyājyam āhur durātmānaṃ veśma prajvalitaṃ yathā |

Translation

One engaged in stealing others’ property and violating others’ wives—such an evil-minded person, they say, must be abandoned, like a house engulfed in flames.

Context

"The association of one who has renounced righteousness and is of sinful deeds is left by a righteous man who undoubtedly attains happiness, is like shaking of a venomous serpent from the hand."

Characters & Entities

• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Indrajit (Meghanāda)
• Rāvaṇa (implied by paradārābhimarśa via Sītā-haraṇa)

FAQs

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

Dharma demands rejection of grave wrongs—stealing and violating another’s spouse—by distancing oneself from the wrongdoer as from immediate danger.

What is the narrative situation?

Vibhīṣaṇa lists concrete adharma to explain why separation from Ravana’s conduct is necessary.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Moral clarity and protective detachment—treating adharma as a ‘burning house’ to be exited.