Shloka 30
इन्द्रजित्-लक्ष्मणयुद्धम् तथा वानरप्रोत्साहनम्
Indrajit–Lakshmana Battle and the Rallying of the Vanaras
न ह्यादानं न सन्धानंधनुषोवापरिग्रहः ।न विप्रमोक्षोबाणानां न विकर्षो न विग्रहः ।।।।न मुष्टिप्रतिसन्धानं न लक्ष्यप्रतिपादनम् ।अदृश्यततयोस्तत्रयुध्यतोःपाणिलाघवात् ।।।।
na hy ādānaṃ na sandhānaṃ dhanuṣo vā parigrahaḥ | na vipramokṣo bāṇānāṃ na vikarṣo na vigrahaḥ | na muṣṭi-pratisandhānaṃ na lakṣya-pratिपādanam | adṛśyata tayos tatra yudhyatoḥ pāṇi-lāghavāt ||
そこで戦う二人の手さばきはあまりに速く、弓術の一切の段取りが見えなかった。矢を取ることも、つがえることも、弓を構えることも、引き放つことも、握りを定めることも、的を射抜くことも――すべてがただ速度の中に消えた。
While both were fighting, due to the quickness of their hand movement, it could not be perceived whether they were taking out arrows from the quiver, drawing the string, or seizing arrows, or aiming to shoot or not. Whether they were drawing or stretching the bow or not or fixing with their fist or hitting the target or not, was not clear.
FAQs
Excellence in one’s duty (svadharma) is a moral value: the verse praises mastery and discipline—skill employed in a grave cause, not careless violence.
The duel reaches such speed that observers cannot distinguish the individual motions of drawing, aiming, and releasing arrows.
Technical mastery (kauśala) and unwavering focus (ekāgratā) in combat.