युद्धाय रावणस्य निर्याणं तथा उत्पातदर्शनम्
Ravana’s Mobilization for War and the ظهور of Fatal Portents
अद्ययूथप्रचण्डानांहरीणांद्रुमयोधिनाम् ।मुक्तेनैकेषुणायुद्धेभेत्स्यामि च शतंशतम् ।।6.96.17।।
adya yūtha-pracaṇḍānāṃ harīṇāṃ drumayodhinām | muktenaik-eṣuṇā yuddhe bhetsyāmi ca śataṃ śatam ||6.96.17||
「今日この戦において、我が放つ一本一本の矢で、樹を武器として戦う猛きヴァーナラの戦士どもを、百に百を重ねて貫いてみせよう」――ラーヴァナはこう宣した。
"Today in the combat each one of the arrows released by me will pierce through one hundred monkeys vehemently fighting with trees"
The verse highlights how pride exaggerates and devalues life. Dharma upholds the worth of beings and condemns boasting that treats mass killing as achievement.
Rāvaṇa attempts to intimidate by claiming superhuman lethality against the vānaras.
The vānara virtue implied is fearlessness and devotion in dharmic service; Rāvaṇa’s speech foregrounds arrogance rather than valor guided by righteousness.