Shloka 23
शूर्पणखाया आगमनम्
Surpanakha Approaches Rama
रावणो नाम मे भ्राता बलीयान्राक्षसेश्वरः।वीरो विश्रवसः पुत्रो यदि ते श्रोत्रमागतः।।।।
rāvaṇo nāma me bhrātā balīyān rākṣaseśvaraḥ | vīro viśravasaḥ putro yadi te śrotram āgataḥ ||
ငါ၏အစ်ကိုသည် ‘ရာဝဏ’ ဟူသောအမည်ရှိ၍ အင်အားကြီးမားသော ရက္ခသတို့၏ အရှင်၊ သူရဲကောင်း၊ ဝိශ්ရဝသ၏ သား ဖြစ်သည်—သူ၏နာမည်က သင်၏နားထဲသို့ ရောက်ဖူးပါက။
My brother is Ravana, son of Visrava, and lord of all demons. You have heard his name I suppose.
FAQs
A warning about power used as social leverage: lineage and might are invoked to intimidate, contrasting with dharma grounded in right conduct.
Śūrpaṇakhā introduces her family connection to Rāvaṇa to establish status and threat.
None positively; the emphasis is on intimidation through association with a powerful ruler.