Shloka 26
Adhyāya 290: Kuntī’s Mantra-Parīkṣā and the Appearance of Sūrya (कुन्ती–सूर्यसंवादः)
तौ शरैराचितौ वीरौ भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ | पेततुर्गगनाद् भूमिं सूर्याचन्द्रमसाविव,वे दोनों बन्धु श्रीराम और लक्ष्मण ऊपरसे नीचेतक बाणोंसे व्याप्त हो गये थे; अतः आकाशसे गिरे हुए सूर्य और चन्द्रमाकी भाँति इस पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़े
tau śarair ācitau vīrau bhrātarau rāma-lakṣmaṇau | petatur gaganād bhūmiṃ sūrya-candramasāv iva ||
マールカンデーヤは語った。勇士なる兄弟、ラーマとラクシュマナは、頭から足先まで矢に覆われ、天より落ちた太陽と月のごとく大地に崩れ伏した。この比喩は、義なる者でさえ戦において倒れ得ることを示すが、その倒れ方は恥ではなく、宇宙的な威厳を帯びて描かれている。
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the heroes’ collapse not as moral failure but as the harsh reality of conflict: even dharmic figures can be overwhelmed by violence, yet their worth remains luminous—likened to the sun and moon—suggesting dignity and enduring moral stature amid suffering.
Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that the brothers Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa have been densely pierced and covered with arrows, and they fall from their elevated position down to the earth, compared poetically to the sun and moon dropping from the sky.