Shloka 2.23.33
लक्ष्मणक्रोधः—दैवपुरुषकारविवादः (Lakshmana’s Wrath and the Debate on Destiny vs Human Effort)
खड्गनिष्पेषनिष्पिष्टैर्गहना दुश्चरा च मे।हस्त्यश्वनरहस्तोरुशिरोभिर्भविता मही।।।।
khaḍganiṣpeṣaniṣpiṣṭair gahanā duścarā ca me | hastyaśvanarahastōruśirobhir bhavitā mahī || 2.23.33 ||
The earth will become, because of me, dense and impassable—strewn with elephant-trunks, horses, and the hands, thighs, and heads of warriors crushed and hacked by the sword.
This entire earth will become impenetrable and impassable, scattered with the trunks, thighs and heads of elephants, horses and warriors hacked off with my sword.
It dramatizes the kṣatriya obligation to enforce protection through force when necessary—violence is portrayed as a last-resort instrument to prevent the triumph of adharma.
Lakṣmaṇa intensifies his reassurance by painting a terrifying picture of what would happen to any armed opposition.
Martial fearlessness and willingness to bear the burden of conflict to safeguard Rāma.