Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 51, Shloka 5
धूम्राक्षप्रेषणम्
The Dispatch of Dhūmrākṣa
तौतुबद्धौशरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्भ्रातरौरामलक्ष्मणौ ।अयंचसुमहान्नादशङ्कांजनयतीवमे ।।6.51.5।।
tau tu baddhau śarais tīkṣṇair bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau |
ayaṃ ca sumahān nādaḥ śaṅkāṃ janayatīva me ॥6.51.5॥
તીક્ષ્ણ શરોથી બંધાયેલા હોવા છતાં તે બે ભાઈ રામ-લક્ષ્મણ; અને આ અતિ મહાન નાદ મને જાણે શંકા ઉપજાવે છે—એવો આનંદ કેમ, શું બન્યું હશે?
"The two brothers Rama and Lakshmana are bound by sharp arrows. By the loud noise that I hear I doubt in my mind!"
FAQs
Even an adversary recognizes the need to seek truth: dharma values accurate understanding of reality before action, especially in crisis.
Rāvaṇa hears the vānaras’ triumphant roar and is unsettled because he believes Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa have been immobilized.
Prudence: the impulse to reassess assumptions when evidence (the roar) contradicts one’s expectations.