Shloka 43
द्विचत्वारिंशः सर्गः (Sarga 42): Omens in Laṅkā, Report to Rāvaṇa, and the Kinkara Assault
स राक्षसानां निहतं महद्बलं निशम्य राजा परिवृत्तलोचनः।समादिदेशाप्रतिमं पराक्रमे प्रहस्तपुत्रं समरे सुदुर्जयम्।।5.42.43।।
sa rākṣasānāṃ nihataṃ mahad balaṃ niśamya rājā parivṛttalocanaḥ | samādideśāpratimaṃ parākrame prahastaputraṃ samare sudurjayam || 5.42.43 ||
രാക്ഷസരുടെ മഹാബലം നിഹതമായതായി കേട്ട രാജാവായ രാവണൻ ക്രോധത്തിൽ കണ്ണുകൾ ഉരുളിച്ചെല്ലവെ, യുദ്ധത്തിൽ അതിദുർജ്ജയനും പരാക്രമത്തിൽ അപരിമിതനുമായ പ്രഹസ്തപുത്രനോട് ആജ്ഞാപിച്ചു.
"You alone can know about who he is and what he is about. A serpent alone knows the movement (foot-prints) of another serpent. There is no doubt about it.
FAQs
Leadership under adharma reacts through anger and escalation; the Ramayana repeatedly shows that rage-driven command deepens conflict rather than restoring righteousness.
Rāvaṇa receives news of the slaughter of his troops and responds by dispatching a formidable warrior—Prahasta’s son—into the fight.
As a negative exemplar, Rāvaṇa’s krodha (anger) is highlighted; as a martial note, the dispatched warrior is marked by strength and battlefield prowess.