Shloka 59
गोदावरीतटे सीतान्वेषणम्
The Search for Sītā at the Godāvarī
ममास्त्रबाणसम्पूर्णमाकाशं पश्य लक्ष्मण।।।।निस्सम्पातं करिष्यामि ह्यद्य त्रैलोक्यचारिणाम्।
mamāstrabāṇasampūrṇam ākāśaṃ paśya lakṣmaṇa |
nissampātaṃ kariṣyāmi hy adya trailokyacāriṇām |
হে লক্ষ্মণ, দেখ—আমি আমার অস্ত্র ও বাণে আকাশ পূর্ণ করে দেব। আজ ত্রিলোক-চরদের জন্য অবতরণ ও গমনের পথ সম্পূর্ণ রুদ্ধ করে দেব।
O Lakshmana, just see, I will fill the sky with all my weapons and arrows and make all movements impossible in the three worlds.
FAQs
The verse raises the dharmic tension between justice and proportionality: immense power is invoked for a righteous aim, yet it risks collateral harm, underscoring the need for restraint even in righteous causes.
Rāma threatens a cosmic-scale retaliation, describing how his arrows could choke the sky and halt movement across the three worlds.
Protective ferocity (ugra-rakṣaṇa): the capacity to act decisively against evil, rooted in devotion to Sītā and to moral order.