Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 21, Shloka 21
सागरप्रतीक्षा-क्रोधप्रादुर्भावः
Rama’s Vigil at the Ocean and the Rise of Wrath
नदर्शयतिसाम्नामेसागरोरूपमात्मनः ।।6.21.21।।चापमानयसौमित्रेशरांश्चाशीविषोपमान् ।सागरंशोषयिष्यामिपद् भ्यांयान्तुप्लवङ्गमाः ।।6.21.22।।
na darśayati sāmnā me sāgaro rūpam ātmanaḥ |
cāpam ānaya saumitre śarāṃś cāśīviṣopamān |
sāgaraṃ śoṣayiṣyāmi padbhyāṃ yāntu plavaṅgamāḥ ||6.21.21–6.21.22||
“El Océano no me muestra su verdadera disposición, aun cuando le hablo con conciliación. Oh Saumitrī, trae el arco y las flechas, semejantes a serpientes venenosas; secaré el mar—que los vānaras avancen entonces a pie.”
"The ocean has not shown his own form to me. O! Lakshmana! Get the bow and venomous snake like arrows, I will dry up the ocean and the Vanaras can walk by foot and go."
FAQs
Dharma includes upāya (appropriate means): when sāman (conciliation) fails against obstinacy, firm action may be invoked to protect a righteous objective.
Rāma orders Lakṣmaṇa to bring bow and arrows, declaring he will force a passage by drying the sea so the vānaras can cross.
Leadership and resolve—Rāma takes responsibility for removing obstacles to the mission of rescuing Sītā.