Shloka 4
शक्तिप्रहारः
Ravana’s Shakti Javelin and Lakshmana’s Wounding
मुद्गराःकूटपाशाश्चदीप्ताश्चाशनयस्तथा ।निष्पेतुर्विविधास्तीक्ष्णावाताइवयुगक्षये ।।।।
mudgarāḥ kūṭapāśāś ca dīptāś cāśanayās tathā |
niṣpetur vividhās tīkṣṇā vātā iva yugakṣaye ||
മുദ്ഗരങ്ങളും കൂറ്റപാശങ്ങളും ജ്വലിക്കുന്ന വജ്രസദൃശ ആയുധങ്ങളും—വിധവിധമായ തീക്ഷ്ണങ്ങളായി—യുഗക്ഷയത്തിലെ കാറ്റുപോലെ പാഞ്ഞുചെന്നു.
Realizing that this is not the time to be disconsolate, observing Lakshmana's efforts, Raghava resolved to destroy Ravana and started a fierce struggle.
FAQs
The verse contrasts ordered righteousness with the chaos of adharma: when violence is unleashed without restraint, it resembles cosmic dissolution—implying that war must be governed by dharma, not rage or cruelty.
A terrifying exchange of weapons erupts on the battlefield, described in apocalyptic imagery.
No single virtue is foregrounded; the emphasis is on the intensity of the battle and the narrative warning about unbounded destruction.