Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 69, Shloka 21
त्रिशिरा-प्रबोधनम् तथा नरान्तक-वधः
Trisira’s Counsel and the Slaying of Naranthaka
सर्वायुधसमायुक्तंतूणीभिश्चस्वलङ्कृतम् ।रराजगजमास्थायसवितेवास्तमूर्धनि ।।।।
sarvāyudhasamāyuktaṃ tūṇībhiś ca svalaṅkṛtam |
rarāja gajam āsthāya savitevāstamūrdhani ||
Equipped with every weapon and adorned with quivers, he shone upon his elephant like the sun at the edge of its setting in the west.
Ready with all kinds of weapons, quivers as well mounted on elephants shone like the setting Sun in the west.
FAQs
The verse reminds readers that brilliance and armament can be merely external; the Ramayana repeatedly measures worth by dharma (right cause and right conduct), not by display.
A vivid battlefield-style description of a rākṣasa champion mounted and fully armed, radiating splendor.
Tejas (splendor/force) and preparedness; ethically, it serves as contrast to dharmic legitimacy rather than proof of it.