Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 46, Shloka 13
शरबन्धनम् (The Binding by Arrows) / Indrajit’s Illusory Assault and the Vanaras’ Consolation
नेमौमोक्षयितुंशक्यावेतस्मादिषुबन्धनात् ।।6.46.13।।सर्वैरपिसमागम्यसर्षिसङ्घैस्सुरासुरैः ।
na imau mokṣayituṃ śakyau etasmād iṣu-bandhanāt | sarvair api samāgamya saṛṣi-saṅghaiḥ surāsuraiḥ || 6.46.13 ||
Quand bien même tous les êtres s’assembleraient—troupes de rishis, de dieux et même d’asuras—ces deux-là ne pourraient être délivrés de ce lien de flèches.
"Even if all the sages, Devatas and Rakshasas collected together come, they cannot get liberated from this bondage of arrows."
FAQs
A dharmic lens reads this as a caution against overclaiming invincibility: pride that denies the possibility of release or grace is spiritually dangerous and narratively foreshadows reversal.
Indrajit asserts that his arrow-bond has rendered Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa impossible to free, even with cosmic assistance.
The verse primarily displays Indrajit’s overconfidence; in contrast, dharmic virtue would be humility before the larger moral order.