Shloka 37
कुम्भकर्णोपदेशः
Kumbhakarna’s Counsel and War-Boast to Ravana
अद्यरामस्यपश्यन्तुनिधनंसुमहत्प्रियम् ।लङ्कायांराक्षसाःसर्वेयेतेनिहतबान्धवाः ।।6.63.37।।
adya rāmasya paśyantu nidhanaṃ sumahat priyam | laṅkāyāṃ rākṣasāḥ sarve ye te nihatabāndhavāḥ ||6.63.37||
Que hoy todos los Rākṣasas en Laṅkā—aquellos cuyos parientes han sido muertos—contemplen la muerte de Rāma, visión que acogerán con gran agrado.
" All the Rakshasas in Lanka whose relations have been killed will witness Rama's death which will be very welcome."
FAQs
The verse illustrates how grief can be weaponized into vengeance. Dharma in the Ramayana warns against letting sorrow become hatred; righteous action must remain bound to truth and moral limits.
The speaker claims that Rāma’s death will be publicly witnessed in Laṅkā and will console those Rākṣasas who have suffered losses in the war.
A distorted form of loyalty is emphasized—loyalty to one’s side expressed as vengeance—contrasted elsewhere in the epic with loyalty governed by dharma.