Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 55, Shloka 17
अकम्पन-प्रेषणम् तथा कपि-राक्षस-रणवर्णनम्
Akampana Dispatched; The Vanara–Rakshasa Battle and Omens
तेषांविवर्धतांशब्दःसंयुगेऽतितरस्विनाम् ।।।।शुश्रुवेसुमहान् कोपादन्योन्यमभिगर्जताम् ।
teṣāṃ vivardhatāṃ śabdaḥ saṃyuge 'ti-tarasvinām |
śuśruve sumahān kopād anyonyam abhigarjatām ||6.55.17||
उस संग्राम में अत्यन्त वेगशाली योद्धाओं का शब्द बढ़ता गया। क्रोध से एक-दूसरे पर गर्जना करते हुए उनका महान् कोलाहल सुनाई पड़ा॥
A tremendous sound thundered in that war when they fought with exceeding impetuosity with one another and yelled at each other.
FAQs
Anger (krodha) multiplies conflict: dharma requires mastery over rage, because fury turns combat into chaos and blinds one to right conduct.
The fighting reaches a pitch where mutual roaring and wrath create an overwhelming battlefield clamor.
The verse primarily depicts the opposite of virtue—krodha and uncontrolled aggression—implicitly praising self-control as the dharmic alternative.