My brother, I clasp your feet and implore you to take my words in good part: restore Sita to Râma; it will be much to your advantage.
Though the words that Vibhishan spoke were wise and prudent, and supported by the authority of the Vedas and Purânas, the Ten-headed rose in fury at hearing them: “Wretch, you are within an inch of your death. It is all owing to me, you villain, that you have been able to live at all; and yet, fool as you are, you take the side of my enemies. Can you tell me, wretch, of anyone in the whole world, whom I have not conquered by the might of my arm? You live in my capital, but are in love with hermits; you had better go to them, if you want to preach.” So saying, he spurned him with a kick; but he still continued to clasp him by the feet. “You are as it were my father; kill me, if you think proper; but, O my lord, to worship Râma would be far better for you.” This is the virtue of the saints, Umâ, that they return good for evil. Taking his ministers with him, he went his way through the air, proclaiming aloud to them all:
Though the words that Vibhishan spoke were wise and prudent, and supported by the authority of the Vedas and Purânas, the Ten-headed rose in fury at hearing them: “Wretch, you are within an inch of your death. It is all owing to me, you villain, that you have been able to live at all; and yet, fool as you are, you take the side of my enemies. Can you tell me, wretch, of anyone in the whole world, whom I have not conquered by the might of my arm? You live in my capital, but are in love with hermits; you had better go to them, if you want to preach.” So saying, he spurned him with a kick; but he still continued to clasp him by the feet. “You are as it were my father; kill me, if you think proper; but, O my lord, to worship Râma would be far better for you.” This is the virtue of the saints, Umâ, that they return good for evil. Taking his ministers with him, he went his way through the air, proclaiming aloud to them all: