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Shloka 6.73.49

इन्द्रजितः ब्रह्मास्त्र-यागः तथा वानरसेनाविध्वंसः (Indrajit’s Brahmastra Rite and the Crushing of the Vanara Host)

अन्यानपितदामुख्यान्वानरान् बहुभिश्शरैः ।।।।अर्दयामाससङ्कृद्धःकालानगिरिवमूर्छितः ।

anyān api tadā mukhyān vānarān bahubhiḥ śaraiḥ |

ardayāmāsa saṅkṛddhaḥ kālānagir iva mūrcchitaḥ ||

And then, enraged, he harried many other chief Vānaras too with countless arrows—like a raging fire at the world’s ending, blazing out of control.

Highly enraged like the fire at the time of universal destruction, he tormented many chiefs of Vanaras and others.

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Indrajit (implied)

Unchecked anger (krodha) is portrayed as apocalyptic in effect; dharma requires self-mastery, especially in war.

Indrajit broadens his assault from named leaders to many other Vānara chiefs.

A negative trait is emphasized: wrathful loss of control, shown through the ‘fire of destruction’ simile.