धूम्राक्षप्रेषणम्
The Dispatch of Dhūmrākṣa
ततःसुभीमोबहुभिर्निशाचरैर्वृतोऽभिनिष्क्रम्यरणोत्सुकोबली ।ददर्शतांराघवबाहुपालितांमहौघकल्पांबहुवानरींचमूम् ।।6.51.36।।
tataḥ subhīmo bahubhir niśācarair vṛto 'bhiniṣkramya raṇotsuko balī |
dadarśa tāṃ rāghavabāhupālitāṃ mahaughakalpāṃ bahuvānarīṃ camūm ॥6.51.36॥
പിന്നീട് അത്യന്തം ഭീകരനും ബലവാനുമായ അവൻ, അനേകം നിശാചരന്മാർ ചുറ്റിനിന്ന്, യുദ്ധോത്സുകനായി പുറപ്പെട്ടു; രാഘവന്റെ ഭുജബലം കാവലായ, പ്രളയകാല മഹാപ്രവാഹംപോലെ തോന്നുന്ന അനേകം വാനരന്മാരുടെ വിശാല സൈന്യത്തെ അവൻ കണ്ടു.
Thereafter many strong and powerful Rakshasas surrounding Dhumraksha, who was enthusiastic about war, beheld many Vanaras protected by Raghava like at universal dissolution.।। ઇત્યાર્ષેવાલ્મીકીયેશ્રીમદ્રામાયણેઆદિકાવ્યેયુદ્ધકાણ્ડેએકપઞ્ચાશસ્સર્ગઃ ।।This is the end of the fifty first sarga of Yuddha Kanda of the first epic the holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.
Righteous leadership protects and steadies the community; Rāma’s dharmic guardianship is portrayed as the source of the vānaras’ strength and order in war.
Dhumrākṣa marches out with rākṣasa troops and confronts the immense vānarī host, described as an overwhelming deluge under Rāma’s protection.
Protective kingship (rājadharma): the ideal leader safeguards allies and upholds right order even amid destruction.