कं यायाच्छरणं लङ्का त्वद्विहीना परार्दिता ॥१६॥
hÄ hatÄḥ sma vayaá¹ nÄtha
loka-rÄvaṇa rÄvaṇa
kaá¹ yÄyÄc charaṇaá¹ laá¹…kÄ
tvad-vihÄ«nÄ parÄrditÄ
hÄ - alas; hatÄḥ - killed; sma - in the past; vayam - all of us; nÄtha - O protector; loka-rÄvaṇa - O husband, who created the crying of so many other people; rÄvaṇa - O RÄvaṇa, one who can cause crying of others; kam - unto whom; yÄyÄt - will go; Å›araṇam - shelter; laá¹…kÄ - the state of Laá¹…kÄ; tvat-vihÄ«nÄ - being bereft of your good self; para-arditÄ - being defeated by the enemies.
O my lord, O master! You epitomized trouble for others, and therefore you were called RÄvaṇa. But now that you have been defeated, we also are defeated, for without you the state of Laá¹…kÄ has been conquered by the enemy. To whom will it go for shelter?
RÄvaṇa’s wife MandodarÄ« and the other wives knew very well how cruel a person RÄvaṇa was. The very word “RÄvaṇa†means “one who causes crying for others.†RÄvaṇa continuously caused trouble for others, but when his sinful activities culminated in giving trouble to SÄ«tÄdevÄ«, he was killed by Lord RÄmacandra.
