Shloka 23
रावणरथवैभव–निमित्तदर्शन–राममातलिसंवादः
Ravana’s Chariot, Portents, and Rama–Matali Instructions
सनिर्घातामहोल्काश्चसम्प्रपेतुर्महास्वनाः ।।।।विषादयंस्तेरक्षांसिरावणस्यतदाहिताः ।
sanirghātā maholkāś ca samprapetur mahāsvanāḥ | viṣādayaṃs te rakṣāṃsi rāvaṇasya tadāhitāḥ ||
ഇടിമുഴക്കത്തോടുകൂടിയ മഹോല്കകൾ മഹാശബ്ദത്തോടെ വീണു; അവയെ രാവണന്റെ നാശസൂചനകളായി കരുതി രാക്ഷസർ വിഷാദത്തിലായി.
Wherever Ravana went, the earth shook. Many Rakshasas felt their hands clasped.
FAQs
Dharma frames wrongdoing as self-destroying: signs of doom reflect the moral trajectory of adharma reaching its consequence.
Violent celestial portents appear; Rāvaṇa’s followers interpret them as foretelling his downfall and lose heart.
Moral awareness in the Rākṣasas—fear and grief arise because they sense the ethical imbalance and its outcome.