Yuddha Kanda Vibeeshana Sharanagati
While the asuras are praising Ravana - Vibheeshana speaks truth and swims against the current tān gṛhīta āyudhān sarvān vārayitvā vibhīṣaṇaḥ | abravīt prānjalir vākyam punaḥ pratyupaveśya tān || 6-9-7 Mahatma Vibhishana (Ravana's youngest half-brother) restraining all those who were made to seize weapons, were made to sit again by saluting them with joined palms and spoke as follows: api upāyais tribhis tāta yo arthaḥ prāptum na śakyate | tasya vikrama kālāṃs tān yuktān āhur manīṣiṇaḥ || 6-9-8 8. taata = dear brother; yaH = which; arthaH = act; na shakyate = cannot; praaptum = be accomplished; tribhiH = by three; upaayais api = strategies too; tasya = that act; aahuH = is said; yuktaan = to be suitable; nikramakaalaan = occasion for displaying prowess maniiSiNaH = by wise men. "Dear brother! That act which cannot be accomplished by three well-known strategies (viz . conciliation, gift and sowing dissention) , is only then to be accomplished by exhibiting prowess, as stated by...