Shloka 4
वानर-ऋक्ष-सेना-प्रशंसा
Cataloguing the Vanara and Bear Forces
यंपृष्ठतोऽनुगच्छन्तिशतशोऽथसहस्रशः ।द्रुमानुद्यम्यसहसालङ्कारोहणतत्पराः ।।।।यूथपाहरिराजस्यकिङ्करास्समुपस्थिताः ।
yaṃ pṛṣṭhato 'nugacchanti śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ |
drumān udyamya sahasā laṅkārohaṇatatparāḥ |
yūthapā harirājasya kiṅkarāḥ samupasthitāḥ ||6.27.4||
Hinter ihm ziehen Scharen zu Hunderten und Tausenden heran, mit Macht Bäume emporhebend, entschlossen, Laṅkā zu erstürmen; die Rudelführer, Diener und Kämpfer des Affenkönigs stehen bereit, dem Befehl zu folgen.
"O sinless king! there are sixty thousand golden mountains. In the midst of them is this golden mountain just as you are in the midst of the Rakshasas. On the last mountain the Vanaras with brown coloured face, white face, coppery red face and yellow face like honey with sharp teeth like lions, who have nails as weapons, four toothed ones like lions, fearsome ones like tiger, dangerous to approach, all of them like serpents with flaming venomous tongues, with long uplifted tails, like huge elephants in rut in mountain size, roaring like lions, thundering clouds, with round brownish red eyed ones, fearful while walking and causing appalling uproar all of them dwell on the last mountain. They are watching to demolish your Lanka as they look at it."
FAQs
Dharma as loyal service and disciplined effort: warriors stand ready under rightful leadership to restore justice (Rāma’s cause).
Sugrīva’s forces assemble in massive numbers, carrying uprooted trees as weapons/tools, preparing to scale the fortifications of Laṅkā.
Loyalty and readiness to act—organized courage under command.