रामरावणयोर्युद्धवैषम्यं तथा रावणशिरश्छेदनम् (Rama–Ravana Duel Intensifies; Ravana’s Heads Severed and Reappear)
तौतथायुध्यमानौतुसमरेरामरावणौ ।ददृशुस्सर्वभूतानिविस्मितेनान्तरात्मना ।।।।
tau tathā yudhyamānau tu samare rāmarāvaṇau |
dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni vismitenāntarātmanā ||
As Rāma and Rāvaṇa fought thus upon the battlefield, all beings beheld them, inwardly astonished.
As Rama and Ravana were thus fighting in war, all beings watched with astonishment in mind.
Dharma is portrayed as publicly and cosmically accountable: the duel is not private vengeance but an event witnessed by all beings, underscoring moral consequence and the triumph-of-dharma frame.
The climactic duel between Rāma and Rāvaṇa is underway, and the universe looks on in amazement.
Heroic steadfastness (vīrya/dhṛti) in a decisive confrontation.