Shloka 24
कुम्भकर्णवधश्रवणेन रावणविलापः
Ravana’s Lament on Hearing of Kumbhakarna’s Slaying
इतिबहुविधमाकुलान्तरात्माकृपणमतीवविलप्यकुम्भकर्णम् ।न्यपदथदशाननोभृशार्तस्तमनुजमिन्द्ररिपुंहतंविदित्वा ।।।।
iti bahu-vidham ākulāntarātmā kṛpaṇam atīva vilapya kumbhakarṇam |
nyapatad daśānano bhṛśārtaḥ tam anujam indra-ripuṃ hataṃ viditvā ||
ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ດ້ວຍໃຈພາຍໃນທີ່ສັ່ນສະເທືອນຢ່າງຫນັກ ທະສານະນະໄດ້ຄຳຄວນກຸມພະກັນນະຢ່າງນ່າສົງສານຫຼາຍປະການ; ແລະເມື່ອຮູ້ວ່ານ້ອງຊາຍຂອງຕົນ—ຜູ້ເປັນສັດຕູແຫ່ງພຣະອິນທຣະ—ຖືກສັງຫານແລ້ວ ກໍລົ້ມລົງດ້ວຍຄວາມທຸກທົນຢ່າງສາຫັດ.
Hearing about uncle's destruction, the sons of Ravana, Devanthaka, Naranthaka, Trisira and Atikaya, roared aloud afflicted by grief.
FAQs
Dharma teaches that inner turmoil follows moral error; when truth is rejected and violence embraced, collapse—mental and political—becomes inevitable.
The narrator summarizes Rāvaṇa’s intense lament for Kumbhakarṇa and describes him falling down in anguish, closing the sarga’s episode.
Indirectly, the value of composure grounded in dharma is emphasized by showing its absence—Rāvaṇa’s agitation and collapse.