Shloka 21
युद्धकाण्डे पञ्चनवतितमः सर्गः
Sarga 95: Lamentation in Laṅkā and the Causal Chain of Enmity
कुम्भकर्णंहतंश्रुत्वाराघवेणमहाबलम् ।अतिकायं च दुर्मर्षंलक्ष्मणेनहतंतदा ।।।।प्रियंचेन्द्रजितंपुत्रंरावणोनावबुध्यते ।
kumbhakarṇaṃ hataṃ śrutvā rāghaveṇa mahābalam |
atikāyaṃ ca durmarṣaṃ lakṣmaṇena hataṃ tadā ||6.95.21||
priyaṃ cendrajitaṃ putraṃ rāvaṇo nāvabudhyate |
แม้ได้ยินว่า กุมภกรรณผู้มีกำลังยิ่งใหญ่ถูกราฆวะสังหาร และอาติกายผู้ต้านทานได้ยากถูกลักษมณะฆ่าในกาลนั้น อีกทั้งอินทรชิตบุตรอันเป็นที่รักก็ล้มลง—ราวณะก็ยังไม่รู้สึกตัว
"Kumbhakarna of extraordinary strength having been killed by Raghava, and even on hearing that Atikaya who is difficult to disregard, and Indrajith, dear son killed by Lakshmana also, Ravana has not realised."
FAQs
A dhārmic life requires self-correction when evidence is clear. Refusing to acknowledge consequences—out of pride or delusion—deepens adharma and accelerates ruin.
News of the deaths of Ravana’s foremost champions reaches Lanka; yet Ravana remains unrepentant and unreflective, continuing the war.
By contrast, Rama and Lakshmana’s disciplined valor is implied; explicitly, the verse highlights Ravana’s lack of discernment (aviveka) and stubbornness.