Shloka 6.50.6

सुपर्णागमनम् (Garuda’s Arrival and the Release from the Serpent-Arrow Bond)

Devanagari script

अन्योन्यस्यनलज्जन्तेनिरीक्षन्तिपृष्ठतः ।विप्रकर्षन्तिचान्योन्यंपतितंलङ्घयन्तिच ।।6.50.6।।

Transliteration

anyonyasya na lajjante nirīkṣanti pṛṣṭhataḥ | viprakarṣanti cānyonyaṃ patitaṃ laṅghayanti ca ||6.50.6||

Translation

They feel no shame before one another; they keep looking back, pulling away from each other, and even leap past those who have fallen.

Context

"Without waiting to look back at others, not shy to see one another, the Vanaras are distancing themselves from those fallen and are seen fleeing."

Characters & Entities

• vānaras (implied by surrounding battle narrative in this sarga)

FAQs

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

The verse implicitly contrasts dharma with panic: in crisis, cohesion and care for the fallen are virtues, while disorder and abandoning comrades signal adharma-like breakdown.

What is the narrative situation?

A battlefield moment is described where troops (contextually the vānaras) are scattered and disordered, looking back and moving past the fallen.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

By contrast, the need for dhṛti (steadfastness) and saṅgha-śakti (unity) in war.