Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 28, Shloka 18
शुकवाक्यं (Śuka’s Report on the Vānara Host) / Śuka Describes the Allied Forces to Rāvaṇa
यश्चैषोऽनन्तरश्शूरश्श्यामःपद्मनिभेक्षणः ।इक्ष्वाकूणामतिरथोलोकेविख्यातपौरुष ।।6.28.18।।यस्मिन्नचलतेधर्मोयोधर्मंनातिवर्तते ।योब्राह्ममस्त्रंवेदांश्चवेदवेदविदांवरः ।।6.28.19।।योभिन्द्याद्गगनंबाणैःपर्वतांश्चापिदारयेत् ।यस्यमृत्योरिवक्रोधश्शक्रस्येवपराक्रमः ।।6.28.20।।यस्यभार्याजनस्थानात्सीताचापिहृतात्वया ।सएषरामस्त्वांयोद्धुंराजन्समभिवर्तते ।।6.28.21।।
yaś caiṣo 'nantaraś śūraḥ śyāmaḥ padmanibhekṣaṇaḥ |
ikṣvākūṇām atiratho loke vikhyātapauruṣaḥ ||6.28.18||
yasminn acalate dharmo yo dharmaṃ nātivartate |
yo brāhmam astraṃ vedāṃś ca veda vedavidāṃ varaḥ ||6.28.19||
yo bhindyād gaganaṃ bāṇaiḥ parvatāṃś cāpi dārayet |
yasya mṛtyor iva krodhaḥ śakrasy eva parākramaḥ ||6.28.20||
yasya bhāryā janasthānāt sītā cāpi hṛtā tvayā |
sa eṣa rāmas tvāṃ yoddhuṃ rājan samabhivartate ||6.28.21||
ແລະໃກ້ຂ້າງພຣະອົງນັ້ນ ມີວີຣະບຸລຸດຜູ້ກ້າຫານຢືນຢູ່—ຜິວຄ່ຳ ດວງຕາດຸດດອກບົວ—ເປັນມະຫາຣະຖີແຫ່ງວົງສ໌ອິກສະວາກຸ ໂດງດັງໃນໂລກດ້ວຍຄວາມກ້າຫານ. ໃນພຣະອົງນັ້ນ ທັມມະຕັ້ງມັ່ນບໍ່ຫວັ່ນໄຫວ; ບໍ່ລ່ວງເກີນຄວາມຊອບທຳ. ພຣະອົງຮູ້ອາວຸດພຣະພຣະຫມາ ແລະພຣະເວດ ເປັນຍອດໃນບັນດາຜູ້ຮູ້ເວດ. ດ້ວຍລູກສອນ ພຣະອົງອາດຈະຈອກຟ້າ ແລະຜ່າພູເຂົາ; ຄວາມໂກດດຸດມັດຈຸຣາດ ແລະວິຣະພາບດຸດພຣະອິນທຣ໌. ພຣະນາງສີຕາ ມະເຫສີຂອງພຣະອົງ ຖືກເຈົ້າພາໄປຈາກຊະນະສະຖານ—ນັ້ນແຫຼະຄືພຣະຣາມ ໂອ ພຣະຣາຊາ ບັດນີ້ກຳລັງກ້າວໜ້າມາເພື່ອຮົບກັບເຈົ້າ.
"This monkey is intending to demolish this Lanka single handed. How can you forget about (the task of) setting his tail on fire entrusted by you to Dhoomakethu?"
FAQs
Rāma is presented as dharma-incarnate in conduct: steadfast righteousness, self-restraint, and legitimacy of action—his war is framed as a dharmic response to adharma (Sītā’s abduction).
Śuka identifies Rāma to Rāvaṇa and warns him that the very man whose wife was abducted is now approaching Laṅkā to wage war.
Rāma’s unwavering dharma (non-transgression of righteousness), combined with heroic capability—power governed by moral law.