Shloka 26
न्यग्रोध
प्रवेश-निवारणम् (Preventing Indrajit’s Banyan-Tree Rite) / Indrajit Confronts Vibhishana
दोषैरेतैःपरित्यक्तोमयाभ्रातापितातव ।।6.87.26।।नेयमस्तिपुरीलङ्का न च त्वं न च तेपिता ।
doṣair etaiḥ parityakto mayā bhrātā pitā tava | na iyaṃ asti purī laṅkā na ca tvaṃ na ca te pitā || 6.87.26 ||
Kerana kesalahan-kesalahan inilah, ayahmu—yang merupakan saudaraku—telah kutinggalkan. Kota Laṅkā ini tidak akan kekal, engkau pun tidak, dan ayahmu juga tidak.
"Exhibiting your strength and proving your might using all kinds of weapons, and facing Lakshmana's arrows, however, you and your army will not return alive."।। ityārṣēvālmīkīyēśrīmadrāmāyaṇēādikāvyēyuddhakāṇḍēsaptāśītitamassargaḥ ।।This is the end of the eighty seventh sarga of Yuddha Kanda of the first epic the holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.
FAQs
Dharma may require rejecting even one’s own family when they persist in grave wrongdoing; loyalty to righteousness is higher than loyalty to kin.
Vibhīṣaṇa confronts Rāvaṇa’s son with a stern moral verdict: due to Rāvaṇa’s faults, Vibhīṣaṇa has separated from him and foresees ruin for Laṅkā and its leaders.
Vibhīṣaṇa’s integrity and truth-speaking—he chooses principled separation and speaks plainly about the consequences of adharma.