Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 97, Shloka 26
सप्तनवतितमः सर्गः (Yuddha Kāṇḍa 97): Sugrīva’s Onslaught and the Fall of Virūpākṣa
मुष्टिप्रहाराभिहतोविरूपाक्षोनिशाचरः ।तेनखडगेनसङ्कृद्दस्सुग्रीवस्यचमूमुखे ।।।।कवचंपातयामासपद्भ्यामभिहतोऽऽपतत् ।
muṣṭiprahārābhihato virūpākṣo niśācaraḥ | tena khaḍgena saṅkruddhaḥ sugrīvasya camūmukhe || kavacaṃ pātayāmāsa padbhyām abhihato 'patat ||
Golpeado por el puñetazo de Sugrīva, Virūpākṣa, el vagabundo de la noche, se encendió en ira; y con aquella espada, al frente mismo del ejército, derribó la armadura de Sugrīva. Luego, herido en los pies, Sugrīva cayó.
Hit by the fist, Virupaksha became very angry and tore the armor of Sugriva by his sword in the forefront of the army. Wounded severely, Sugriva fell on his feet.
FAQs
The verse contrasts disciplined valor with wrath: anger (krodha) escalates violence and leads to harsher retaliation, a caution within dharma-guided warfare.
Virūpākṣa, enraged after being punched, strikes back with a sword, knocking down Sugrīva’s armor and causing him to fall.
Sugrīva’s endurance under harm; and, negatively, Virūpākṣa’s krodha (anger) as a driving force.