Shloka 25
अतिकायवधश्रवणं रावणस्य लङ्कारक्षाविधानम्
Ravana’s Reaction to Atikaya’s Death and the Fortification Orders for Lanka
अतिकायंहतंश्रुत्वालक्ष्मणेनमहौजसा ।उद्वेगमगमद्राजावचनंचेदमब्रवीत् ।।6.72.1।।
atikāyaṁ hataṁ śrutvā lakṣmaṇena mahaujasā | udvegam agamad rājā vacanaṁ cedam abravīt ||
大いなる威力をもつラクシュマナによってアティカーイヤが討たれたと聞くや、王は動揺にとらわれ、次の言葉を口にした。
On hearing that Atikaya was killed by highly energetic Lakshmana, the king was overtaken by emotion and spoke as follows.
FAQs
Dharma highlights the inevitability of accountability: violence undertaken for unrighteous aims returns as sorrow and instability.
The king hears of Atikāya’s fall and begins to speak, setting up the subsequent lament/listing of losses.
Lakṣmaṇa’s martial excellence joined to loyalty in service of Rāma’s dharmic cause.