Shloka 46
शक्तिप्रहारः
Ravana’s Shakti Javelin and Lakshmana’s Wounding
क्ष्मणंपरिवार्यैवतिष्ठध्वंवानरोत्तमाः ।।।।पराक्रमस्यकालोऽयंसम्प्राप्तोमेचिरेप्सितः ।पापात्मायंदशग्रीवोवध्यतांपापनिश्चयः ।।।।काङ्क्षितस्स्तोककस्येवघर्मान्तेमेघदर्शनम् ।
lakṣmaṇaṃ parivāryaiva tiṣṭhadhvaṃ vānarottamāḥ |
parākramasya kālo 'yaṃ samprāpto me cirepsitaḥ |
pāpātmāyaṃ daśagrīvo vadhyatāṃ pāpaniścayaḥ |
kāṅkṣitas stokakasyeva gharmānte meghadarśanam ||
«Ô vous, les plus éminents des Vānara, demeurez tout autour de Lakṣmaṇa pour le garder. L’heure de ma vaillance, longtemps désirée, est enfin venue. Que ce pécheur Daśagrīva, au dessein mauvais, soit mis à mort. Comme le cātaka, qui languit après les nuées à la fin de l’été, ainsi ce moment est venu à moi.»
Not minding the arrows struck, Rama embraced Lakshmana and spoke to Hanumantha and the great Vanara Sugriva.
FAQs
Dharma is the union of protection and justice: Rāma commands care for Lakṣmaṇa (duty to one’s own) while committing to punish wrongdoing (duty to the world’s moral order).
With Lakṣmaṇa critically wounded, Rāma instructs the Vānaras to guard him and declares his intent to slay Rāvaṇa immediately.
Rāma’s niścaya (firm resolve) and dharma-yukta śaurya (valor aligned with righteousness) are emphasized.