Shloka 2
दुन्दुभिवधप्रसङ्गः
The Dundubhi Episode and the Proof of Rama’s Prowess
असंशयं प्रज्वलितैस्तीक्ष्णैर्मर्मातिगैश्शरैः।त्वं दहेः कुपितो लोकान्युगान्त इव भास्करः4.11.2।।
asaṃśayaṃ prajvalitais tīkṣṇair marmātigaiḥ śaraiḥ | tvaṃ daheḥ kupito lokān yugānta iva bhāskaraḥ ||
Without doubt, when angered, you would burn the worlds with your blazing, sharp arrows that pierce the vital points—like the Sun at the end of an age.
'There is no doubt that your sharp, blazing arrows will pierce through the vital parts of the body once you are angry, just as the Sun-god burns all worlds at the end of the Yuga.
FAQs
It frames immense power as real and consequential; dharma implicitly demands that such power be governed by right intention, not mere anger.
A character extols the destructive potency of Rāma’s arrows, comparing it to cosmic dissolution at the end of a yuga.
Kṣātra-vīrya (martial potency) is emphasized, along with the implied necessity of restraint to keep that potency aligned with dharma.