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Shloka 6.99.11

Mahāpārśva-vadhaḥ — The Slaying of Mahāpārśva (Angada’s Counterstrike)

जाम्बवन्तंत्रिभिर्बाणैराजघानस्तनान्तरे ।।।।ऋक्षराजंगवाक्षं च जघानबहुभिश्शरैः ।

sa vānarāṇāṃ mukhyānām uttamāṅgāni sarvaśaḥ |

pātayāmāsa kāyebhyaḥ phalaṃ vṛntād ivānilaḥ ||

That leader struck down the heads of the foremost Vānara chiefs on every side, severing them from their bodies, like the wind knocking fruits from their stalks.

Mahaparsva pierced three shafts into the chest of Jambavantha and attacked Gavaksha with many arrows.

M
Mahāpārśva
V
Vānara chiefs

The verse highlights the destructive power of unchecked aggression in war; Dharma in the Ramayana frames strength as legitimate only when governed by righteousness and restraint, not as indiscriminate slaughter.

Mahāpārśva is rampaging in battle, cutting down leading Vānara warriors with overwhelming force.

By contrast (implicitly), the needed virtue is dhāraṇā/saṃyama—self-control—since the act shown is power without restraint.