Shloka 33
रावण–रामयुद्धप्रारम्भः
The Intensification of the Rama–Ravana Duel
उभौहियेनव्रजतस्तेनतेनशरोर्मयः ।ऊर्मयोवायुनाविद्धा जग्मुः सागरयोरिव ।।6.100.33।।
ubhau hi yena vrajatas tena tena śarormayaḥ | ūrmayo vāyunā viddhā jagmuḥ sāgarayor iva ||6.100.33||
Wohin auch immer die beiden vorrückten, in eben diese Richtung wogten die Ströme der Pfeile dahin — wie Wellen in zwei Ozeanen, vom Wind getrieben.
Whichever course they took, by those streams of arrows were seen like waves in two oceans stirred up by the wind.
FAQs
Dharma is conveyed through order within chaos: even overwhelming force is portrayed as patterned and directed, reflecting disciplined conduct rather than lawless aggression.
The battle’s intensity is shown through a vivid simile: arrows move in powerful surges like wind-driven ocean waves.
Relentless focus and battlefield control—each movement produces a corresponding, controlled release of missiles.