Shloka 6.79.16
मकराक्षवधः (The Slaying of Makarākṣa)
अस्त्रैर्वागदयावापिबाहुभ्यांवामहाहवे ।अभ्यस्तंयेनवाराम तेनैवयुधिवर्तताम् ।।।।
tataḥ pravṛttaṃ sumahat tad yuddhaṃ romaharṣaṇam |
niśācaraiḥ plavaṅgānāṃ devānāṃ dānavair iva ||
Then a vast, hair-raising battle broke out between the night-roaming Rākṣasas and the Vānaras, like the ancient clash of Devas and Dānavas.
"By weapons, or by mace or else with hand s or any other weapon or with your military practice, you fight, he said to Rama."
Dharma here is framed as the cosmic struggle where forces aligned with protection and order confront forces of harm and disruption; the epic situates human conflict within a moral universe.
The war intensifies as the Rākṣasa and Vanara armies clash in a massive, frightening engagement.
Collective courage and steadfastness in a righteous cause (the Vanaras fighting to restore justice and rescue Sītā).