Shloka 2
विभीषण–इन्द्रजित् संवादः
Vibhishana and Indrajit: Counsel, Boast, and Rebuttal
किंनामतेतातकनिष्ठवाक्यमनर्थकंचेवेसुबसुभीतवच्च ।अस्मिन्कुलेयोऽपिभवेन्नजातस्सोऽपीदृशंनैववदेन्नकुर्यात् ।।6.15.2।।
kiṃ nāma te tāta-kaniṣṭha vākyam anarthakaṃ caiva su-bhītavat ca | asmin kule yo 'pi bhaven na jātaḥ so 'pīdṛśaṃ naiva vaden na kuryāt ||6.15.2||
‘താതാ, പിതാവിന്റെ കനിഷ്ഠാ! ഭീതനായവനെപ്പോലെ നീ എന്തിന് ഇങ്ങനെ നിർഥകമായ വാക്കുകൾ പറയുന്നു? നമ്മുടെ കുലത്തിൽ ജനിക്കാത്തവനും പോലും ഇത്തരമൊരു അയോഗ്യം പറയുകയോ ചെയ്യുകയോ ഇല്ല.’
"Indrajith! Though you are calling yourself as the son of Ravana and pretending to be a friend, you are his foe. Even after hearing about the kind of destruction (of Ravana, his kingdom etc.) from Rama, out of delusion you are accepting (with Ravana)."
FAQs
It highlights restraint and propriety in speech: one should not speak out of fear or say what is unbecoming, especially in counsel and public moral judgment.
Indrajit rebukes Vibhīṣaṇa for counsel that Indrajit interprets as fearful and dishonorable to their clan, during the war deliberations in Laṅkā.
Indrajit claims ‘steadfastness’ and ‘clan-honor’ as virtues, though the verse also implicitly warns how pride can distort ethical discernment.