Shloka 54
शक्तिप्रहारः
Ravana’s Shakti Javelin and Lakshmana’s Wounding
चक्षुर्विषयमागत्यनायंजीवितुमर्हति ।।6.101.53।।दृष्टिंदृष्टिविषस्येवसर्पस्यममरावणः ।यथावावैनतेयस्यदृष्टिंप्राप्तोभुजङ्गमः ।।6.101.54।।
adya rāmasya rāmatvaṃ paśyantu mama saṃyuge |
trayo lokāḥ sagandharvāḥ sadevāḥ sarṣicāraṇāḥ ||
ഇന്ന് എന്റെ സംയുഗത്തിൽ അവർ രാമന്റെ യഥാർത്ഥ ‘രാമത്വം’ കാണട്ടെ; ഗന്ധർവന്മാരോടുകൂടിയ ത്രിലോകങ്ങളും, ദേവന്മാരും, ഋഷി-ചാരണന്മാരും എല്ലാം സാക്ഷികളാകും.
"This Ravana, having come within the range of my vision, will not survive today, like the serpent having poison in the vision coming in the range of Garuda cannot survive."
FAQs
Dharma as public, witnessable righteousness: Rāma’s action is presented as accountable before the worlds—truth and justice are not private claims but visible deeds.
On the eve of the decisive duel, Rāma proclaims that his essential heroic nature will be manifest in battle before all beings.
Moral grandeur (mahattva) joined to courage—Rāma acts as a dharmic exemplar under universal scrutiny.