युद्धे अङ्गद-मैन्द-द्विविद-राक्षसयुद्धम्; कुम्भस्य प्रादुर्भावः तथा सुग्रीवेण पराभवः (Sarga 76: Angada and the Vanara chiefs battle Kampana, Prajaṅgha, Yūpākṣa, Śoṇitākṣa; Kumbha enters and is checked by Sugrīva)
अभिलक्षेणतीव्रेणकुम्भेननिशितैश्शरैः ।।।।अचितास्तेद्रुमारेजुर्यथाघोराषतघ्नयः ।
abhilakṣeṇa tīvreṇa kumbhena niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | acitās te drumā rejur yathā ghorāḥ śataghnayaḥ ||
With sharp arrows fiercely aimed by Kumbha, those trees were studded with shafts and gleamed—like dreadful śataghnī weapons.
The sharp arrows aimed at the target by Kumbha covered the trees and they shone like dreadful Sataghnis.
It underscores the grim reality of war: instruments of violence transform even nature (trees) into weapon-like forms; dharma here is reflected as a cautionary awareness of war’s harshness.
Kumbha’s arrows pierce the hurled trees so densely that they appear like fearsome engineered weapons.
Precision and ferocity in combat (though used in service of Rāvaṇa’s side).