Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 28, Shloka 21
शुकवाक्यं (Śuka’s Report on the Vānara Host) / Śuka Describes the Allied Forces to Rāvaṇa
यश्चैषोऽनन्तरश्शूरश्श्यामःपद्मनिभेक्षणः ।इक्ष्वाकूणामतिरथोलोकेविख्यातपौरुष ।।6.28.18।।यस्मिन्नचलतेधर्मोयोधर्मंनातिवर्तते ।योब्राह्ममस्त्रंवेदांश्चवेदवेदविदांवरः ।।6.28.19।।योभिन्द्याद्गगनंबाणैःपर्वतांश्चापिदारयेत् ।यस्यमृत्योरिवक्रोधश्शक्रस्येवपराक्रमः ।।6.28.20।।यस्यभार्याजनस्थानात्सीताचापिहृतात्वया ।सएषरामस्त्वांयोद्धुंराजन्समभिवर्तते ।।6.28.21।।
yaś caiṣo'nantaraḥ śūraḥ śyāmaḥ padma-nibhekṣaṇaḥ |
ikṣvākūṇām atiratho loke vikhyāta-pauruṣaḥ ||6.28.18||
yasminn acalate dharmo yo dharmaṃ nātivartate |
yo brāhmam astraṃ vedāṃś ca veda veda-vidāṃ varaḥ ||6.28.19||
yo bhindyād gaganaṃ bāṇaiḥ parvatāṃś cāpi dārayet |
yasya mṛtyor iva krodhaḥ śakrasy eva parākramaḥ ||6.28.20||
yasya bhāryā janasthānāt sītā cāpi hṛtā tvayā |
sa eṣa rāmas tvāṃ yoddhuṃ rājan samabhivartate ||6.28.21||
O hari—ang bayaning ito, maitim ang kulay at matang gaya ng lotus, bantog sa daigdig sa kanyang kagitingan, pangunahing mandirigmang nakasakay sa karwahe ng angkan ng Ikṣvāku—sa kanya’y matatag ang dharma at hindi niya nilalampasan ang katuwiran; batid niya ang mga Veda at siya ang pinakadakila sa mga nakaaalam ng Veda; batid niya ang sandatang kay Brahmā; ang kanyang mga palaso’y kayang butasin ang langit at biyakin maging ang mga bundok; ang kanyang poot ay parang Kamatayan at ang kanyang tapang ay gaya ni Indra—at ang kanyang asawa, si Sītā, ang iyong inagaw mula sa Jana-sthāna: siya ngang si Rāma, O hari, na ngayo’y sumusulong upang makipaglaban sa iyo.
"O king! the king who is not distant from him, a dark complexioned, one with lotus eyes who never transgresses his righteousness, who is a great charioteer of Ikshvaku race; who knows use of Vedas, who is choicest, who knows the weapons presided over by Brahma; whose arrows can pierce through the sky and even mountains; whose anger is like anger of death, whose valour is like that of Indra; whose consort has been borne away from Janasthana is Rama. He is advancing towards you to wage war with you."
FAQs
They portray Rāma as one in whom dharma is steady and who does not transgress it, making his coming battle not mere vengeance but a dharmic response to the adharma of abducting Sītā.
Satya is implied through Vibhīṣaṇa’s candid, factual description to Rāvaṇa—naming the wrongdoing (the abduction of Sītā) and truthfully stating its consequence: Rāma’s inevitable advance to confront him.