Shloka 27
रावणस्य तर्जनं सीताया धर्मोक्तिः
Ravana’s Threats and Sita’s Dharma-Centered Reply
ताभ्यां स परिपूर्णाभ्यां भुजाभ्यां राक्षसेश्वरः।शुशुभेऽचलसङ्काशः शृङ्गाभ्यामिव मन्दरः।।।।
tābhyāṁ sa paripūrṇābhyāṁ bhujābhyāṁ rākṣaseśvaraḥ | śuśubhe ’calasaṅkāśaḥ śṛṅgābhyām iva mandaraḥ ||
সেই দুটা পৰিপূৰ্ণ, প্ৰবল বাহুৰে ৰাক্ষসেশ্বৰ অচল সদৃশ দীপ্তিমান হৈ উঠিল; যেন দুটা শৃংগযুক্ত মন্দৰ পৰ্বত শোভা পায় তেনেকৈ।
The lord of demons shone like mount Mandara, both his long two arms like two mountain peaks.
FAQs
Physical might is not dharma; the epic repeatedly separates strength from righteousness to teach ethical evaluation beyond appearances.
The narrator heightens Rāvaṇa’s formidable presence by likening his arms to mountain peaks.
Discernment (viveka): readers are guided to admire poetic grandeur yet judge by dharmic standards.