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Shloka 6.44.19

चतुश्चत्वारिंशः सर्गः (Sarga 44): निशायुद्धम्, धूलिरुधिरप्रवाहः, इन्द्रजितो मायायुद्धम्

तेषांरामश्शरैःषडिभःषडजघाननिशाचरान् ।।।।निमेषान्तरमात्रेणशितैरग्निशिखोपमैः ।यमशत्रुश्चदुर्धर्षोमहापार्श्वमहोदरौ ।।।।वज्रदंष्ट्रोमहाकायस्तौचोभौशुकसारणौ ।तेतुरामेणबाणौघैस्सर्वेमर्मसुताडिताः ।।।।युद्धादपसृतास्तत्रसावशेषायुषोऽभवन् ।

teṣām āpatatāṃ śabdaḥ kruddhānām api garjatām | udvarta iva sattvānāṃ samudrāṇāṃ praśuśruve ||

The roar of those enraged ones as they charged, thundering as they came, was heard like the very seas upheaving, shaking all beings.

On Rama striking with the six best of shafts like flames in a time of twinkling of eyelids, the six Rakshasas, Yamasatru, Mahaparva, Mahodara, Mahakaya, and Vajradamshtra found it difficult to overcome. Along with the two Suka, Saranas all of them were struck by Rama's fire like arrows in their vital parts and escaped with leftover life.

R
Rākṣasa
S
Samudra (ocean/seas)

Dharma is contrasted with rage: the verse depicts uncontrolled fury as a force of nature, implicitly warning that anger (krodha) magnifies violence and obscures right judgment.

The Rākṣasas charge in a body; their collective roar and noise is so immense it is compared to the surging of the seas.

By implication, the virtue is self-mastery (saṃyama): the dhārmic ideal stands opposite to the enemy’s krodha-driven onrush.