Shloka 6
रावणवधोत्तरं विभीषणशोकः—क्षत्रधर्मोपदेशः
Vibhishana’s Lament after Ravana’s Fall; Instruction on Kshatriya-Dharma
गतस्सेतुस्सुनीतीनांगतोधर्मस्यविग्रहः ।।।।गतस्सत्त्वस्यसङ्क्षेपःप्रस्तावानांगतिर्गता ।आदित्यःपतितोभूमौमग्नस्तमसिचन्द्रमाः ।।।।चित्रभानुःप्रशान्तार्चिर्व्यवसायोनिरुद्यमः ।अस्मिन्निपतितेवीरे भूमौशस्त्रभृतांवरे ।।।।
gatas setus sunītīnāṃ gato dharmasya vigrahaḥ | gatas sattvasya saṅkṣepaḥ prastāvānāṃ gatir gatā | ādityaḥ patito bhūmau magnas tamasi candramāḥ | citrabhānuḥ praśāntārciḥ vyavasāyo nirudyamaḥ | asmin nipatite vīre bhūmau śastrabhṛtāṃ vare ||
Con este héroe, el más excelso entre los portadores de armas, caído en tierra, es como si se hubiera desvanecido el límite de la recta conducta; como si hubiera partido la encarnación misma del dharma; como si el tesoro de la fuerza hubiera sido abatido y el curso de lo debido y oportuno se hubiera extraviado. Es como si el sol hubiera caído a la tierra, la luna se hubiera hundido en la oscuridad, el fuego se hubiera apagado y la resolución humana quedara inerte.
" As this hero, the wielder of weapons has fallen down on ground, the prudent one who was at boundary, disappeared; he who was the form of righteousness, departed; he who was a repository of might, thrown down and out of sight; he, who was praiseworthy for all, lost position. With the hero falling down, it seems the Sun has fallen down, the moon plunged into darkness, fire became extinct, and the enthusiasm of people wasted."
FAQs
It frames the fall of a great figure as a collapse of order: dharma is portrayed as the stabilizing ‘setu’ (boundary/restraint) of society, and its loss creates moral and psychological darkness.
A heightened poetic lament immediately after Rāvaṇa’s fall, using cosmic metaphors (sun, moon, fire) to express the shock to Laṅkā’s world.
Recognition of moral order: even amid enmity, the speaker acknowledges the stature and societal impact of a fallen warrior-king.