Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 93, Shloka 15
Sarga 93: Rāvaṇa’s Grief and Fury after Indrajit’s Fall; Move to Slay Vaidehī and Ministerial Restraint
स त्वंजीवतिसुग्रीवेलक्ष्मणेन च राघवे ।।।।ममशल्यमनुद्धृत्यक्वगतोऽसिविहायनः ।
sa tvaṃ jīvati sugrīve lakṣmaṇena ca rāghave | mama śalyam anuddhṛtya kva gato ’si vihāya naḥ ||
Selagi Sugrīva masih hidup, selagi Rāghava dan Lakṣmaṇa masih hidup, mengapa engkau pergi meninggalkan kami tanpa mencabut dahulu duri yang menyiksa di hatiku? Ke manakah engkau pergi?
'While Sugriva is living, Lakshmana and Raghava also, deserting me, you have gone. Where have you gone'?
FAQs
Actions have consequences: reliance on violent power to ‘solve’ suffering collapses; dharma teaches that inner pain cannot be cured by domination alone.
Rāvaṇa laments that Indrajit died before defeating the remaining leaders of Rāma’s alliance, naming Sugrīva, Rāma, and Lakṣmaṇa.
Strategic realism (in negative form): even in grief, Rāvaṇa recognizes the living strength of the opposing dhārmic coalition.