Shloka 4.30.75
शरत्प्रवेशे रामविलापः तथा सुग्रीवप्रमादे लक्ष्मणप्रेषणम् (Autumn’s Onset: Rama’s Lament and Lakshmana Sent to Sugriva)
घोरं ज्यातलनिर्घोषं क्रुद्धस्य मम संयुगे।निर्घोषमिव वज्रस्य पुनस्संश्रोतुमिच्छसि।।
ghoraṃ jyātalanirghoṣaṃ kruddhasya mama saṃyuge |
nirghoṣam iva vajrasya punar saṃśrotum icchasi ||
Perhaps you wish to hear again, in combat, the dreadful twang of my bowstring when I am enraged—like the crash of Indra’s thunderbolt.
'Perhaps he wants once again to hear when enraged in a combat, the dreadful twang of my bow, resembling the peal of a thunderbolt .
Dharma is safeguarded by accountability; threats here function as moral enforcement against negligence of sworn duty.
Lakshmana escalates his admonition, evoking the terrifying sound of his bow to pressure action on the delayed promise.
Forceful commitment to justice—protecting the mission through intimidation when persuasion fails.