Shloka 48
इन्द्रजितः ब्रह्मास्त्र-यागः तथा वानरसेनाविध्वंसः
Indrajit’s Brahmastra Rite and the Crushing of the Vanara Host
जाम्बवन्तंतुदशभिर्नीलंत्रिंशद्भिरेव च ।सुग्रीवमृषभंचैवसोऽङ्गदंद्विविधंतथा ।।।।घोरैर्दत्तवरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्निष्प्राणानकरोत्तदा ।
jāmbavantaṁ tu daśabhir nīlaṁ triṁśadbhir eva ca |
sugrīvam ṛṣabhaṁ caiva so ’ṅgadaṁ dvividhaṁ tathā ||
ghorair datta-varais tīkṣṇair niṣprāṇān akarot tadā ||
次に彼はジャンバヴァンを十本の矢で、ニーラを三十本の矢で、同様にスグリーヴァ、リシャバ、アンガダ、ドヴィヴィダをも、恩寵によって力を得た鋭く恐ろしい矢で打ち、彼らを生命がないかのように意識を失わせて倒れさせた。
Then he struck Jambavan with ten, Neela with thirty, and Sugriva, Rshaba and Angada. In the same way Dwivida with sharp and terrific arrows that were bestowed upon him as boons and made them lose consciousness.
FAQs
Power ‘backed by boons’ is not automatically dharmic; the Ramayana repeatedly implies that legitimacy comes from satya and righteous ends, not from extraordinary weapons.
Indrajit incapacitates multiple leading Vānara allies—Sugrīva and others—by intense volleys.
Endurance is implied in the Vānara leaders’ continued participation despite grievous wounds; Indrajit’s side displays sheer might rather than moral virtue.