Shloka 19
रावणवधदर्शनम्
Lament of the Rākṣasa Women upon Seeing Rāvaṇa Slain
ब्रुवाणोऽपिहितंवाक्यमिष्टोभ्राताविभीषणः ।।।।धृष्टंपरुषितोमोहत्त्वयात्मवथकाङ्क्षिणा ।
bruvāṇo 'pi hitaṃ vākyam iṣṭo bhrātā vibhīṣaṇaḥ |
dhṛṣṭaṃ paruṣito mohāt tvayātmavadhakāṅkṣiṇā ||6.113.19||
សូម្បីតែបងប្អូនជាទីស្រឡាញ់របស់អ្នក គឺវិភីษណៈ បាននិយាយពាក្យសម្រាប់ប្រយោជន៍របស់អ្នក ក៏អ្នក—ត្រូវមោហៈបាំងភ្នែក ហើយប្រាថ្នាបំផ្លាញខ្លួនឯង—បានឆ្លើយតបដោយពាក្យរឹងរ៉ឹង និងមើលងាយយ៉ាងក្រអឺតក្រទម។
"Even though good advice was given by your dear brother Vibheeshana, in your delusion evidently you sought your own destruction."
FAQs
Dharma requires honoring truthful counsel, especially from well-wishers; rejecting satya out of ego and delusion becomes a path to self-ruin.
The mourners recall how Rāvaṇa rejected Vibhīṣaṇa’s beneficial advice, a key turning point preceding Laṅkā’s destruction.
Vibhīṣaṇa’s integrity and courage in speaking what is right (satya-hita), even when unwelcome.