Shloka 6.94.10
रावणस्य सभाप्रवेशः — रामस्य शरवृष्ट्या राक्षससेनाविनाशः (Ravana Enters Council; Rama’s Arrow-Storm Destroys the Rakshasa Host)
एवंप्रवृत्तेसङ्ग्रामेह्यद्भुतंसुमहद्रजः ।।।।रक्षसांवानराणां च शान्तंशोणितविस्रवैः ।
evaṃ pravṛtte saṅgrāme hy adbhutaṃ sumahad rajaḥ |
rakṣasāṃ vānarāṇāṃ ca śāntaṃ śoṇita-visravaiḥ ||
As the battle raged on, a vast and astonishing cloud of dust rose up; it was then laid low by the streaming flow of blood from both rākṣasas and vānaras.
As the war was in progress, wonderful dust had risen which subsided by the flow of blood of Vanaras and Rakshasas.
The verse functions as a moral warning: when dharma collapses into violent conflict, even nature’s ordinary signs (dust of battle) are overwhelmed by human suffering—adharma has tangible, devastating consequences.
The war continues intensely, and the narrator depicts the battlefield’s extreme conditions through dust and blood imagery.
Endurance and steadfastness are implied as necessary virtues for those who remain committed to a righteous cause amid horrific conditions.