Shloka 6.96.43
युद्धाय रावणस्य निर्याणं तथा उत्पातदर्शनम् (Ravana’s Mobilization for War and the ظهور of Fatal Portents)
निरुच्छवासाहताःकेचित्केचित्पार्श्वेषुदारिताः ।केचिद्विभिन्नशिरसःकेचिच्चक्षुर्विनाकृताः ।।6.96.43।।
nirucchvāsā hatāḥ kecit kecit pārśveṣu dāritāḥ |
kecid vibhinna-śirasaḥ kecic cakṣur-vinākṛtāḥ ||6.96.43||
Some were slain and left without breath; some had their flanks torn open; some had their heads shattered; and some were deprived of their eyes.
A few were made lifeless, some had their flanks split, some had their heads smashed and few were deprived of their eyes.
The verse serves as a moral reminder that war magnifies suffering; hence dharma insists that force be used only for protection of righteousness, not for ego, rage, or desire.
Continuing description of the devastation among the vānaras during the clash.
Compassion is indirectly invoked in the listener/reader: witnessing suffering is meant to reinforce why dharma seeks restraint and just cause.