Shloka 12
रावणशूलप्रक्षेपः
Ravana Hurls the Trident; Rama Counters with Indra’s Javelin
एतस्मिन्नन्तरेक्रोधाद्राघवस्य स रावणः ।प्रहर्तुकामोदुष्टात्मास्पृशन् प्रहरणंमहत् ।।6.104.9।।वज्रसारंमहानादंसर्वशत्रुनिबर्हणम् ।शैलशृङ्गनिभैःकूटैश्चित्तदृष्टिभयावहम् ।।6.104.10।।सधूममिवतीक्ष्णाग्रंयुगान्ताग्निचमोपमम् ।अतिरौद्रमनासाद्यंकालेनापिदुरासदम् ।।6.104.11।।त्रासनंसर्वभूतानांदारणंभेदनंतथा ।प्रदीप्तमिवरोषेणशूलंजग्राहरावणः ।।6.104.12।।
trāsanaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ dāraṇaṃ bhedanaṃ tathā |
pradīptam iva roṣeṇa śūlaṃ jagrāha rāvaṇaḥ ||6.104.12||
സർവ്വഭൂതങ്ങൾക്കും ഭീതിജനകവും കീറിപ്പിളർക്കുന്നതുമായ—രാവണൻ ആ ത്രിശൂലം പിടിച്ചു; തന്റെ രോഷംകൊണ്ട് തന്നെ ജ്വലിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ.
In the meantime, the evil self Ravana who is called so, as he makes others cry, in intense anger making loud noise, stroking an unassailable weapon which was like the thunderbolt, capable of killing all enemies, a spike which closely resembled mountain peaks, dreadful even to think, like a mass of smoke, sharp and pointed, blazing like at the dissolution of the universe, very frightening, difficult to hand le, like the god of death, a terror for all beings, frightening, tearing, splitting, glowing like trident seized hold of to attack Rama.
FAQs
Dharma is contrasted with terrorizing power: fear inflicted on ‘all beings’ signals adharma, since righteous strength protects the innocent rather than becoming universally threatening.
Rāvaṇa physically takes up the trident, and the narration frames it as an embodiment of his rage and destructive intent.
The implied virtue is ahiṃsā/constraint within dharma: the text shows what happens when force is unrestrained and fueled by roṣa.