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Shloka 5.46.4

षट्चत्वारिंशः सर्गः — Ravana Deploys Five Generals; Hanuman Destroys the Commanders and the Remaining Host

यात सेनाग्रगास्सर्वे महाबलपरिग्रहाः।सवाजिरथमातङ्गास्स कपिश्शास्यतामिति।।।।

yāta senāgragāḥ sarve mahābalaparigrahāḥ |

savājirathamātaṅgāḥ sa kapiḥ śāsyatām iti ||

“Go forth, all you leaders at the army’s front, supported by a mighty force with horses, chariots, and elephants; let that monkey be punished,” he commanded.

"O Army generals! march with a large, strong army with horses, chariots and elephants and punish the vanara.

R
Rāvaṇa
K
kapi (Hanumān, implied)
S
senāgragāḥ (army leaders)
H
horses
C
chariots
E
elephants

The verse highlights how authority can be directed toward adharma: punishment is ordered without self-examination of wrongdoing (Sītā’s abduction being the larger cause).

In response to Hanumān’s havoc in Laṅkā, Rāvaṇa orders his leading commanders to march out with a full combined force to subdue him.

Not virtue but rājya-śakti (state power) as a theme—showing how command and resources are mobilized in conflict.