Shloka 6.95.4
युद्धकाण्डे पञ्चनवतितमः सर्गः (Sarga 95: Lamentation in Laṅkā and the Causal Chain of Enmity)
दृष्टवाश्रुत्वा च सम्भ्रान्ताहतशेषानिशाचराः ।राक्षसीश्चसमागम्यदीनाश्चिन्तापरिप्लुताः ।।।।विधवाहतपुत्राश्चक्रोशन्त्योहतबान्दवाः ।राक्षस्यःसहसङ्गम्यदुःखार्ताःपर्यदेवयन् ।।।।
dṛṣṭvā śrutvā ca sambhrāntā hataśeṣā niśācarāḥ | rākṣasīś ca samāgamya dīnāś cintāpariplutāḥ ||
vidhavā hataputrāś ca krośantyo hatabāndhavāḥ | rākṣasyaḥ saha saṅgamya duḥkhārtāḥ paryadevayan ||
Seeing and hearing what had happened, the surviving night-rangers were shaken. The rākṣasī women gathered together—wretched and flooded with anguish. Widowed, with sons and kinsmen slain, they cried out and, assembling in groups, lamented in grief.
"On seeing and hearing of the others left over, the night rangers felt bewildered and piteous with agony coming together, moving in groups, those who lost husband, son, kin and protectors along with associates crying, stricken with grief."
It highlights the human cost of adharma-driven war: even non-combatants bear suffering. Dharma includes responsibility for communal harm caused by unjust leadership and choices.
After major killings among the rākṣasas, the survivors and especially the women—widowed and bereaved—gather and lament collectively.
Not a single hero’s virtue, but the epic’s ethical realism: actions have consequences, and society’s vulnerable members experience the sharpest grief.