कुम्भकर्णवधश्रवणेन रावणविलापः
Ravana’s Lament on Hearing of Kumbhakarna’s Slaying
यद्यहंभ्रातृहन्तारं न हन्मियुधिराघवम् ।ननुमेमरणंश्रेयो न चेदंव्यर्थजीवितम् ।।।।
yady ahaṃ bhrātṛhantāraṃ na hanmi yudhi rāghavam |
nanu me maraṇaṃ śreyo na cedaṃ vyarthajīvitam ||
اگر میں یُدھ میں راگھَو—جو میرے بھائی کا قاتل ہے—کو نہ ماروں، تو بے شک میرے لیے مر جانا ہی بہتر ہے؛ ورنہ یہ جینا سراسر بے معنی ہے۔
"This very day, this very minute I shall reach the region where my brother died, I have no interest in life."
It shows how vengeance can masquerade as ‘duty’; Dharma requires right intention and justice, not retaliatory obsession.
Rāvaṇa hardens his grief into a vow: he must kill Rāma or consider life not worth living.
Determination is emphasized, but ethically distorted—resolve without Dharma becomes destructive fixation.