Shloka 61
रावणस्य अन्त्येष्टिः
Ravana’s Funeral Rites and the Ethics of Post-War Conduct
दृष्टवा न खल्वभिक्रुद्धोमामिहानवकुण्ठिताम् ।।।।निर्गतांनगरद्वारात्पद्भ्यामेवागतांप्रभो ।
dṛṣṭvā na khalv abhikruddho mām ihānavakuṇṭhitām | nirgātāṃ nagaradvārāt padbhyām evāgatāṃ prabho ||
പ്രഭോ, ഞാൻ ലജ്ജയോ മടിയോ കൂടാതെ നഗരദ്വാരത്തിലൂടെ പുറത്തു വന്ന് കാൽനടയായി ഇവിടെ എത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നതു കണ്ടിട്ടും നീ എന്തിന് ക്രോധിക്കുന്നില്ല?
"You are leaving me, a desperate one, stricken, crying. Why are you desiring to go? Why are you not replying to me?"
FAQs
It contrasts former royal norms (where the king might police decorum) with the silence of death—implying that pride in control and status is ultimately powerless.
Mandodarī notes that she has come out publicly and on foot to the battlefield—actions that might once have provoked Rāvaṇa’s rebuke—yet he is now incapable of response.
Courage in grief: she crosses social boundaries to confront the truth of loss.