Shloka 17
युद्धलक्षण-निमित्तदर्शनं तथा लङ्काद्वारव्यूहः
War Omens and the Encirclement of Lanka’s Gates
रजन्यामप्रकाशश्चसन्तापयतिचन्द्रमाः ।कृष्णरक्तांशुपर्यन्तोयथालोकस्यसंक्ष्ये ।।6.41.17।।
rajanyām aprakāśaś ca santāpayati candramāḥ |
kṛṣṇa-raktāṃśu-paryanto yathā lokasya saṅkṣaye ||6.41.17||
ৰাতিৰ সময়ত চন্দ্ৰমাই পোহৰ নেদিয়ে, বৰঞ্চ তাপৰ দৰে পীড়া দিয়ে; ক’লা আৰু ৰক্তবৰ্ণ কিৰণেৰে ঘেৰাও হৈ, যেন লোক-প্ৰলয়ৰ কালৰ দৰে দেখা যায়।
"The desperate inauspicious sounds of ominous beasts crying pitifully facing the sun are causing great fear."
FAQs
Dharma is heightened accountability at moments that feel apocalyptic: when the world-order seems shaken, one must adhere more firmly to truth and righteous restraint.
Rāma describes a final, cosmic-scale omen—an ominous moon—framing the coming battle as momentous and devastating.
Gravitas and foresight—Rāma interprets signs with a sense of moral consequence.