Shloka 37
चतुश्चत्वारिंशः सर्गः (Sarga 44): निशायुद्धम्, धूलिरुधिरप्रवाहः, इन्द्रजितो मायायुद्धम्
माययासम्वृतस्तत्रमोहयन्राघवौयुधि ।अदृश्यस्सर्वभूतानांकूटयोधीनिशाचरः ।।।।बबन्धशरबन्धेनभ्रातरौरामलक्ष्मणौ ।
māyayā saṃvṛtas tatra mohayan rāghavau yudhi |
adṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ kūṭayodhī niśācaraḥ ||
babandha śarabandhena bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau ||
Allí, velado por la hechicería y engañando a los dos Rāghavas en la lucha, el merodeador nocturno—combatiente invisible y artero para todos los seres—ató a los hermanos Rāma y Lakṣmaṇa con una red de flechas.
In that pitch darkness, which was difficult even to move, the Rakshasas overcome by anger and lost senses were wandering devouring the monkeys.
FAQs
Dharma values openness and fairness; the ‘kūṭayodhī’ (treacherous fighter) represents adharma—victory sought through delusion rather than honorable engagement.
Indrajit uses māyā to become unseen, confuses the brothers in combat, and binds them with an arrow-net.
The brothers’ commitment to dharma is emphasized indirectly: even when bound by deceit, they remain the righteous center around which the moral narrative turns.