Shloka 6.96.42
युद्धाय रावणस्य निर्याणं तथा उत्पातदर्शनम् (Ravana’s Mobilization for War and the ظهور of Fatal Portents)
विकृत्तशिरसःकेचिद्रावणेनवलीमुखाः ।केचिद्विच्छिन्नहृदयाःकेचिच्छ्रोत्रविवर्जिताः ।।6.96.42।।
vikṛtta-śirasaḥ kecid rāvaṇena valīmukhāḥ |
kecid vicchinna-hṛdayāḥ kecic chrotra-vivarjitāḥ ||6.96.42||
Some vānaras had their heads mangled by Rāvaṇa; some had their hearts pierced; and some were left without ears.
Some Vanaras ' heads were deformed, some were pierced in their hearts, and some had their ears cut off.
The verse foregrounds the human (and here, vānaras’) cost of adharma-driven war. Dharma is not abstract; it is measured by the suffering unleashed when violence is pursued without righteousness.
A graphic account of casualties among the vānaras caused by Rāvaṇa’s assault.
Endurance and sacrifice on the side resisting adharma are implied: the vānaras continue despite grievous injuries.