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Shloka 6.24.19

लङ्कानिरीक्षणं व्यूहविन्यासश्च (Survey of Lanka and Deployment of the Battle Formation)

सुविभक्तमहाव्यूहामहावानररक्षिता ।अनीकिनीसाविबभौयथाद्यौस्साभ्रसम्प्लवा ।।।।

suvibhakta-mahāvyūhā mahāvānara-rakṣitā | anīkinī sā vibabhau yathā dyauḥ sābhra-samplavā ||

Thus, excellently arrayed in a great battle-formation and guarded by mighty Vānaras, that army shone like the sky filled with surging masses of clouds.

The Vanara army force organized that way to protect the Vanaras, shone like the mass of clouds in heaven.

V
Vanara army
B
battle-formation (vyūha)

Dharma as social order: when roles are properly arranged and protected, collective power becomes effective and beautiful rather than chaotic.

After assignments are made, the text describes the splendour of the organized Vanara host.

Collective discipline and mutual protection—virtues of an army acting as one body.