Shloka 48
इन्द्रजितः ब्रह्मास्त्र-यागः तथा वानरसेनाविध्वंसः
Indrajit’s Brahmastra Rite and the Crushing of the Vanara Host
जाम्बवन्तंतुदशभिर्नीलंत्रिंशद्भिरेव च ।सुग्रीवमृषभंचैवसोऽङ्गदंद्विविधंतथा ।।।।घोरैर्दत्तवरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्निष्प्राणानकरोत्तदा ।
jāmbavantaṁ tu daśabhir nīlaṁ triṁśadbhir eva ca |
sugrīvam ṛṣabhaṁ caiva so ’ṅgadaṁ dvividhaṁ tathā ||
ghorair datta-varais tīkṣṇair niṣprāṇān akarot tadā ||
Dann traf er Jāmbavān mit zehn Pfeilen, Nīla mit dreißig, und ebenso Sugrīva, Ṛṣabha, Aṅgada und Dvivida – mit scharfen, schrecklichen Geschossen, die durch Segnungen mächtig waren – sodass sie besinnungslos dalagen, als wären sie leblos.
Then he struck Jambavan with ten, Neela with thirty, and Sugriva, Rshaba and Angada. In the same way Dwivida with sharp and terrific arrows that were bestowed upon him as boons and made them lose consciousness.
FAQs
Power ‘backed by boons’ is not automatically dharmic; the Ramayana repeatedly implies that legitimacy comes from satya and righteous ends, not from extraordinary weapons.
Indrajit incapacitates multiple leading Vānara allies—Sugrīva and others—by intense volleys.
Endurance is implied in the Vānara leaders’ continued participation despite grievous wounds; Indrajit’s side displays sheer might rather than moral virtue.