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 ||
Frappé par le coup de poing de Sugrīva, Virūpākṣa, le rôdeur nocturne, s’enflamma de colère; et, de cette épée, au tout premier rang de l’armée, il fit tomber l’armure de Sugrīva. Puis, atteint aux pieds, Sugrīva s’effondra.
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.