Shloka 27
प्रहस्तवधः
The Slaying of Prahasta
वानराणांशरीरैश्चराक्षसानांचमेदिनी ।।।।बभून्विचिताघोराःपतितैरिवपर्वतै ।
vānarāṇāṃ śarīraiś ca rākṣasānāṃ ca medinī | babhūva viciṭā ghoraiḥ patitair iva parvataiḥ ||
Die Erde war bedeckt mit den schrecklichen Leibern der Vānara und der Rākṣasa, als lägen gefallene Berge über sie verstreut.
The bodies of Vanaras and Rakshasas strewn on the ground, seemed like mountains had fallen.
FAQs
The verse confronts the cost of conflict; dharma demands that violence be undertaken only for truth and necessity, never for pride or greed.
A vivid battlefield tableau: the ground is covered with fallen combatants from both sides.
The implied virtue is vairāgya (sobriety/dispassion): seeing death’s scale encourages ethical seriousness and restraint.