Shloka 6.27.48

वानर-ऋक्ष-सेना-प्रशंसा (Cataloguing the Vanara and Bear Forces)

Devanagari script

सर्वेमहाराजमहाप्रभावास्सर्वेमहाशैलनिकाशकायाः ।सर्वेसमर्थापृथिवींक्षणेनकर्तुंप्रविध्वस्तविकीर्णशैलाम् ।।।।

Transliteration

sarve mahārāja mahāprabhāvāḥ sarve mahāśailanikāśakāyāḥ |

sarve samarthāḥ pṛthivīṃ kṣaṇena kartuṃ pravidhvastavikīrṇaśailām || 6.27.48 ||

Translation

O great king, all of them are mighty in power; all have bodies like great mountains; all are capable, in an instant, of making the earth strewn with shattered and scattered mountains.

Context

"O, Monarch! All of them are highly prominent, their stature equal to high hills and all of them are capable of levelling the earth by uprooting and razing its mountains to the ground in a moment."৷৷ ইত্যার্ষেবাল্মীকীযেশ্রীমদ্রামাযণেআদিকাব্যেযুদ্ধকাণ্ডেসপ্তবিংশস্সর্গঃ ৷৷This is the end of the twenty seventh sarga of Yuddha Kanda of the first epic the holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Vānara/Bear alliance (implied)
• Earth (pṛthivī)
• Mountains (śaila)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Immense power is acknowledged as real, but implicitly it should serve a righteous end; strength gains moral meaning when aligned to dharma rather than domination.

What is the narrative situation?

A warning-style description is given to Rāvaṇa about the extraordinary might of the allied forces, using earth-and-mountain imagery to convey their capacity.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Mahāprabhāva (great potency) and collective capability—an army whose leaders are portrayed as near-unstoppable.