Shloka 19
शुकवाक्यं (Śuka’s Report on the Vānara Host) / Śuka Describes the Allied Forces to Rāvaṇa
यश्चैषोऽनन्तरश्शूरश्श्यामःपद्मनिभेक्षणः ।इक्ष्वाकूणामतिरथोलोकेविख्यातपौरुष ।।6.28.18।।यस्मिन्नचलतेधर्मोयोधर्मंनातिवर्तते ।योब्राह्ममस्त्रंवेदांश्चवेदवेदविदांवरः ।।6.28.19।।योभिन्द्याद्गगनंबाणैःपर्वतांश्चापिदारयेत् ।यस्यमृत्योरिवक्रोधश्शक्रस्येवपराक्रमः ।।6.28.20।।यस्यभार्याजनस्थानात्सीताचापिहृतात्वया ।सएषरामस्त्वांयोद्धुंराजन्समभिवर्तते ।।6.28.21।।
yaś caiṣo'nantaraḥ śūraḥ śyāmaḥ padma-nibhekṣaṇaḥ |
ikṣvākūṇām atiratho loke vikhyāta-pauruṣaḥ ||6.28.18||
yasminn acalate dharmo yo dharmaṃ nātivartate |
yo brāhmam astraṃ vedāṃś ca veda veda-vidāṃ varaḥ ||6.28.19||
yo bhindyād gaganaṃ bāṇaiḥ parvatāṃś cāpi dārayet |
yasya mṛtyor iva krodhaḥ śakrasy eva parākramaḥ ||6.28.20||
yasya bhāryā janasthānāt sītā cāpi hṛtā tvayā |
sa eṣa rāmas tvāṃ yoddhuṃ rājan samabhivartate ||6.28.21||
Oh rey: este héroe, de tez oscura y ojos de loto, famoso en el mundo por su poder, es un guerrero de carro eminente de la estirpe de Ikṣvāku. En él el dharma se mantiene firme y no rebasa la rectitud; conoce los Vedas y es el primero entre los conocedores del Veda; conoce el arma de Brahmā. Sus flechas podrían atravesar el cielo y partir incluso las montañas; su ira es como la Muerte y su valor como el de Indra. Su esposa, Sītā, fue arrebatada por ti de Jana-sthāna: ese mismo Rāma avanza ahora, oh rey, para combatir contigo.
"O king! the king who is not distant from him, a dark complexioned, one with lotus eyes who never transgresses his righteousness, who is a great charioteer of Ikshvaku race; who knows use of Vedas, who is choicest, who knows the weapons presided over by Brahma; whose arrows can pierce through the sky and even mountains; whose anger is like anger of death, whose valour is like that of Indra; whose consort has been borne away from Janasthana is Rama. He is advancing towards you to wage war with you."
FAQs
They portray Rāma as one in whom dharma is steady and who does not transgress it, making his coming battle not mere vengeance but a dharmic response to the adharma of abducting Sītā.
Satya is implied through Vibhīṣaṇa’s candid, factual description to Rāvaṇa—naming the wrongdoing (the abduction of Sītā) and truthfully stating its consequence: Rāma’s inevitable advance to confront him.