Shloka 35
वानरमुख्य-परिचयः
Catalogue of Principal Vānara Leaders
यस्तुकर्णौविवृणुतेजृम्बतेचपुनःपुनः ।नचसंविजतेमृत्योर्नचयुद्धाद्विधावति ।।6.26.34।।प्रकम्पतेचरोषेणतिर्यक्चपुनरीक्षते ।पश्यन् लाङ्गूलमपिचक्ष्वेळतेचमहाबलः ।।6.26.35।।महाजवोवीतभयोरम्यंसाल्वेयपर्वतम् ।राजन्सततमध्यास्तेशरभोनामयूथपः ।।6.26.36।।
prakampate ca roṣeṇa tiryak ca punar īkṣate |
paśyan lāṅgūlam api cakṣveḷate ca mahābalaḥ ||6.26.35||
—erbebt er vor Zorn, blickt immer wieder seitwärts; und selbst seinen eigenen Schwanz im Auge, springt der Hochkräftige umher, von Macht erfüllt.
"Oh! king of Rakshasas! He who has made his ears stiff, yawning again and again, who is not afraid of death, who will not go back from war, who is looking obliquely and seeing his tail reacting in anger violently and roaring like a lion is a very strong leader called Sarabha. He is a very fast one, a leader of troops, ever in delight. He lives in Salveya mountain."
FAQs
The verse indirectly warns that raw anger is a powerful force in war but must be governed by purpose; dharma requires strength to be directed, not merely unleashed.
Rāvaṇa continues describing the same formidable Vānara commander through vivid bodily signs of fury and readiness to strike.
Physical might and battle-readiness; by contrast, it also implies the importance of self-mastery as the higher virtue.