80 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 10

“One who considers another’s wife as his mother, another’s possessions
as a lump of dirt and treats all other living beings as he would himself, is
considered to be learned.” Thus Ravana was condemned not only by
Lord Ramacandra but even by his own wife, Mandodari. Because she was
a chaste woman, she knew the power of another chaste woman, especially
such a wife as mother Sitadevi.

TEXT 28

Ban frst set at a Foaeca |
Sei HASH DAMMATA acHedy Ul!
krtaisé vidhava lanka

vayam ca kula-nandana
dehah krto ’nnam grdhranam
atmaé naraka-hetave

krta—made by you; esé—all of this; vidhava—without a protector;
lanka—the state of Lanka; vayam ca—and us; kula-nandana—O
pleasure of the Raksasas,; dehah—the body; krtah—made by you;
annam—eatable; grdhranam—of the vultures; G@tma—and your soul;
naraka-hetave—for going to hell.

TRANSLATION

O pleasure of the Raksasa dynasty, because of you the state of
Lanka and also we ourselves now have no protector. By your deeds
you have made your body fit to be eaten by vultures and your soul
fit to go to hell.

PURPORT

One who follows the path of Ravana is condemned in two ways: his

body is fit to be eaten by dogs and vultures, and the soul goes to hell. As
stated by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gita (16.19):

tan aham dvisatah kriiran
samsdresu narddhaman

ksipamy ajasram asubhan
dsurisv eva yonisu
