Shloka 100
युद्धलक्षण-निमित्तदर्शनं तथा लङ्काद्वारव्यूहः
War Omens and the Encirclement of Lanka’s Gates
tasmin mahābhīṣaṇake pravṛtte kolāhale rākṣasa-rāja-dhānyām |
pragṛhya rakṣāṃsi mahāyudhāni yugānta-vātā iva saṃviceruḥ ||
രാക്ഷസരുടെ രാജനഗരത്തിൽ അത്യന്തം ഭയാനകമായ കോലാഹലം ഉയർന്നപ്പോൾ, രാക്ഷസർ പ്രതിരോധത്തിനായി മഹായുധങ്ങൾ പിടിച്ച്, യുഗാന്തത്തിലെ കാറ്റുകൾപോലെ പുറപ്പെട്ടു.
"Like at the time of universal dissolution, the moon is not radiant, being surrounded by black and red halo at night and is tormenting."
FAQs
The verse frames war as a force that can resemble cosmic catastrophe; dharma is implied as the need for rightful cause and disciplined conduct, since unleashed violence becomes age-ending in effect.
The rākṣasa capital erupts in tumult; rākṣasa forces arm themselves and surge forward to defend their realm as open war commences.
Collective resolve and readiness (though ethically neutral here), contrasted by the poem’s warning-like imagery that such resolve can fuel catastrophic violence.