Ramayana — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 27, Shloka 21
त्रिजटास्वप्नवर्णनम्
Trijata’s Dream-Omens and the Rakshasis’ Reversal
न हि रामो महातेजाश्शक्यो जेतुं सुरासुरैः।राक्षसैर्वापि चान्यैर्वा स्वर्गः पापजनैरिव।।5.27.21।।
na hi rāmo mahātejāḥ śakyo jetuṃ surāsuraiḥ |
rākṣasair vāpi cānyair vā svargaḥ pāpajanair iva ||5.27.21||
For Rāma, blazing with great splendor, cannot be overcome—by gods and demons alike, nor even by rākṣasas or any others—just as heaven cannot be won by the sinful.
"In this way I saw in my dream Rama as valiant as Lord Visnu accompanied by his brother Lakshmana and his wife Sita.
FAQs
The verse links victory to moral qualification: just as heaven is inaccessible to sin, defeat is inaccessible to Rama because he embodies dharma and truth; ethical alignment is portrayed as real strength.
After describing the dream-vision, Hanumān states his firm conviction that no cosmic faction—gods, demons, or rākṣasas—can truly overcome Rāma.
Unassailable righteous power: Rama’s ‘mahātejas’ is presented as the force of dharma itself, inspiring confidence and moral certainty.