Shloka 6.76.87
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)
तस्यचचर्मच पुस्फोटबहुसुस्रावशोणितम् ।स च मुष्टिर्महावेगःप्रतिजघ्नेऽस्थिमण्डले ।।।।
tasya ca carma ca pusphoṭa bahu susrāva śoṇitam |
sa ca muṣṭir mahāvegaḥ pratijaghne 'sthimaṇḍale ||
His armour split, and blood flowed out in abundance. That fist-blow, driven with great force, struck hard upon the frame of his bones.
The armour of Sugriva slit open, and blood flowed at high speed and excessively. The first hit of Kumbha hit the skeletal framework of Sugriva in return.
The verse starkly depicts the cost of combat, supporting the Ramayana’s ethical subtext: violence, even in a righteous cause, is grievous and should be undertaken only when dharma necessitates it.
Kumbha’s retaliatory strike lands effectively—Sugrīva’s protective covering splits and he bleeds, the blow impacting deep into the body.
For Sugrīva: endurance under injury; for the narrative: the realism of bodily consequence that frames war as morally serious.