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Shloka 6.110.1

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.

R
Rāma
R
Rāvaṇa
A
all beings (sarvabhūtāni)
B
battle (samara)

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.