धूम्राक्षप्रेषणम्
The Dispatch of Dhūmrākṣa
तेबद्धघण्टाबलिनोघोररूपानिशाचराः ।विगर्जमानास्सम्हृष्टाधूम्राक्षंपर्यवारयन् ।।6.51.23।।
te baddha-ghaṇṭā balino ghora-rūpā niśācarāḥ |
vigarjamānāḥ saṃhṛṣṭā dhūmrākṣaṃ paryavārayan ||6.51.23||
ঘণ্টা-বদ্ধ পট্টা পৰিধান কৰা, বলৱান আৰু ভয়ংকৰ ৰূপধাৰী সেই নিশাচৰ ৰাক্ষসসকলে হৰ্ষে গর্জন কৰি ধূম্ৰাক্ষক চাৰিওফালে ঘেৰি ধৰিলে।
Mighty army bound with girdles of bells to their waist, of fierce form roaring surrounded Dhumraksha joyfully.
The verse shows collective zeal and loyalty to a leader; dharma-wise it cautions that enthusiasm and unity, if yoked to adharma, become instruments of harm rather than protection.
Rāvaṇa’s rākṣasa troops, energized for battle, loudly assemble around Dhumrākṣa.
Cohesion and martial fervor (team solidarity), portrayed as formidable but ethically ambiguous.
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