Shloka 23
कुम्भकर्णवधश्रवणेन रावणविलापः
Ravana’s Lament on Hearing of Kumbhakarna’s Slaying
तस्यायंकर्मणःप्राप्तोविपाकोममशोकदः ।यन्मयाधार्मिकश्शमान् स निरस्तोविभीषणः ।।।।
tasyāyaṃ karmaṇaḥ prāpto vipāko mama śoka-daḥ |
yan mayā dhārmikaḥ śrīmān sa nirasto vibhīṣaṇaḥ ||
Este fruto, portador de pena, me ha llegado como maduración de aquel acto: porque yo expulsé a Vibhīṣaṇa, justo e ilustre.
Hearing that Kumbhakarna of great strength was slain, Ravana immersed in grief became deluded and fell.
FAQs
A ruler’s dharma is to honor the righteous and protect truth-speakers; expelling the dharmic advisor leads to karmic consequences.
In mourning, Rāvaṇa identifies his earlier rejection of Vibhīṣaṇa as a cause whose ‘vipāka’ (ripened result) is present grief.
Vibhīṣaṇa’s integrity—being dhārmika and steadfast in truthful counsel—is foregrounded through Rāvaṇa’s regret.