Ramayan Part 48 - Ram Accepts Vibeshana's Surrender Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

A question arose, to accept
Vibheshana’s surrender or reject,
In the Sugreeva’s camp,
For discussion this came up.

Sugreeva opposed his admission,
Not to believe his confession,
As the demons were upto
Any tricks they could do.

Most of them agreed with,
Sugreeva’s views forthwith,
But Ram looked upon
Hanuman’s fair opinion.

We could admit him here,
As his face was quite clear,
There was no cause to reject,
Hanuman told Ram to accept.

For refuge when one came,
His duty was to accept him,
And not totally reject him,
Even on the face any harm.

What a noble policy of Ram!
All are equal before him.
Surrendered soul at his feet
Never faced any defeat.

Ram had one more brother,
With Vibheshana’s surrender,
This was Ram’s noble character
A model of the highest order.

Ravan rejected him as his brother.
Ram accepted him as his brother.
What a contrast between Adharma
And the praise worthy Dharma!