Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 105, Shloka 2
रावणक्रोधः—रामस्य परुषवाक्यम्
Ravana’s Fury and Rama’s Harsh Admonition
स दीप्तनयनोरोषाच्चापमायाम्यवीर्यवान् ।अभ्यर्दयत्सुसङ्कृद्धोराघवंपरमाहवे ।।।।बाणधारसहस्रैस्तैस्सतोयदइवाम्बरात् ।राघवंरावणोबाणैस्तटकमिवपूरयन् ।।।।
sa dīptanayano roṣāc cāpam āyamya vīryavān |
abhyardayat susaṅkruddho rāghavaṃ paramāhave ||
bāṇadhārāsahasrais taiḥ satoyada ivāmbarāt |
rāghavaṃ rāvaṇo bāṇais taṭākam iva pūrayan ||
Maka Rāvaṇa yang perkasa, dengan mata menyala karena murka, menarik busurnya; dalam pertempuran yang maha dahsyat itu ia menggempur Rāghava dengan amukan hebat. Ia menghujani ribuan anak panah bagaikan air hujan dari langit, memenuhi ruang di sekitar Rāma seperti hujan memenuhi sebuah telaga.
Valiant hero, Ravana, with his eyes flaming in anger, raising his bow, rained arrows at Sri Rama. He continued to rain thousands of arrows just as rain filled the tank, his arrows covered Raghava.
FAQs
It frames the battlefield as the arena where kṣātra-dharma is tested: power and fury are shown, but the deeper ethic is that force must ultimately be governed by righteousness, not rage.
Rāvaṇa launches an intense arrow-barrage against Rāma, escalating the duel with overwhelming projectile force.
Indirectly, Rāma’s endurance is set up by contrast—he must remain steady under a storm of attacks.