Shloka 12
लङ्काप्राकारारोहणम् / Assault on Lanka’s Ramparts and the Opening Clash
उद्यम्यगिरिशृङ्गाणिशिखराणिमहान्तिच ।तरूंश्चोत्पाट्यविविधांस्तिष्ठन्तिहरियूथपाः ।।।।
udyamya giriśṛṅgāṇi śikharāṇi mahānti ca |
tarūṃś cotpāṭya vividhāṃs tiṣṭhanti hariyūthapāḥ ||
Soulevant des cornes de montagne et de hautes cimes, et déracinant des arbres de toutes sortes, les chefs des vānaras se tinrent prêts, résolus au combat.
Holding the mountain peaks, huge trees of many kinds, the Vanara leaders stood ready to fight.
FAQs
Dharma as purposeful strength: power is gathered and directed toward restoring justice, not for plunder but for rectifying adharma.
The vānaras arm themselves with natural “weapons” (peaks and trees) and hold position, ready to storm Laṅkā.
Discipline and preparedness—strength organized under leadership for a defined righteous objective.