Shloka 6.87.23
न्यग्रोध-प्रवेश-निवारणम् (Preventing Indrajit’s Banyan-Tree Rite) / Indrajit Confronts Vibhishana
परस्वानां च हरणंपरदाराभिमर्शनम् ।।6.87.23।।सुहृदामतिशङ्का च त्रयोदोषाःक्षयावहाः ।
maharṣīṇāṃ vadho ghoraḥ sarvadevaiś ca vigrahaḥ || 6.87.24 || abhimānaś ca doṣaś ca vairitvaṃ pratikūlatā | ete doṣā mama bhrātur jīvitaiśvaryanāśanāḥ || 6.87.25 || guṇān pracchādayāmāsuḥ parvatān iva toyadāḥ |
The dreadful killing of great sages, hostility even toward all the gods, arrogance and fault-finding, enmity and perversity—these vices have destroyed my brother’s life and sovereignty. They have covered over his good qualities, as rain-clouds conceal mountains.
"Stealing the wealth of others, possessing others wife, distrusting friends, these three faults will destroy a person."
Adharma—violence against sages, hostility to the divine order, and entrenched arrogance—destroys both spiritual merit and political power; dharma sustains sovereignty.
Vibhīṣaṇa explains that Ravana’s downfall is self-caused: his accumulated vices eclipse his virtues and lead to ruin.
Humility and reverence—especially respect for sages and the divine order as foundations for legitimate rule.