Shloka 22
कुम्भकर्णवधश्रवणेन रावणविलापः
Ravana’s Lament on Hearing of Kumbhakarna’s Slaying
विभीषणवचोयावत्कुम्भकर्णप्रहस्तयोः ।विनाशोऽयंसमुत्पन्नोमांव्रीडयतिदारुणः ।।।।
vibhīṣaṇa-vaco yāvat kumbhakarṇa-prahastayoḥ |
vināśo 'yaṃ samutpanno māṃ vrīḍayati dāruṇaḥ ||
یہ ہولناک تباہی—کمبھکرن اور پرہست کا زیاں—اس لیے ہم پر آئی کہ وبھیषण کی نصیحت پوری طرح نہ مانی گئی؛ یہ مجھے کڑوی شرمندگی سے بھر دیتی ہے۔
"Your brother Kumbhakarna showed his might for a short time. But by virtue of Rama's energy and arrows, his mountainlike body was reduced to a trunk of dreadful appearance. Bleeding excessively, he was like a mass submerged in an ocean of blood. like a tree caught in forest fire he was blocking the gate of Lanka in ugly form with a head, nose and ears chopped off."
FAQs
Dharma includes heeding truthful, righteous counsel; ignoring satya-filled advice leads to foreseeable ruin and moral shame.
Rāvaṇa laments the deaths of key warriors and recognizes that rejecting Vibhīṣaṇa’s advice contributed to these losses.
The virtue of wise counsel (Vibhīṣaṇa) is emphasized—truth-speaking and dharmic guidance, even when unwelcome.