Shloka 25
रावणरथवैभव–निमित्तदर्शन–राममातलिसंवादः
Ravana’s Chariot, Portents, and Rama–Matali Instructions
रावणश्चयतस्तत्रप्रचचालवसुन्धरा ।।।।रक्षसां च प्रहरतांगृहीताइवबाहवः ।
sanirghātā maholkāś ca samprapetur mahāsvanāḥ | viṣādayaṃs te rakṣāṃsi rāvaṇasya tadāhitāḥ ||
อุกกาบาตใหญ่ตกลงพร้อมเสียงฟ้าร้องครืนครั่นและเสียงกึกก้องมหึมา; เหล่ารากษสเศร้าหมอง ถือเอาเป็นลางแห่งความพินาศอันใกล้ของทศกัณฐ์
Wherever Ravana went, the earth shook. Many Rakshasas felt their hands clasped.
FAQs
Dharma frames wrongdoing as self-destroying: signs of doom reflect the moral trajectory of adharma reaching its consequence.
Violent celestial portents appear; Rāvaṇa’s followers interpret them as foretelling his downfall and lose heart.
Moral awareness in the Rākṣasas—fear and grief arise because they sense the ethical imbalance and its outcome.