Shloka 6
अकम्पन-प्रेषणम् तथा कपि-राक्षस-रणवर्णनम्
Akampana Dispatched; The Vanara–Rakshasa Battle and Omens
ततोनानाप्रहरणाभीमाक्षाभीमदर्शनाः ।निष्पेतूराक्षसामुख्याबलाध्यक्षप्रचोदिताः ।।।।
tato nānā-praharaṇā bhīmākṣā bhīma-darśanāḥ | niṣpetū rākṣasā mukhyā balādhyakṣa-pracoditāḥ ||
അപ്പോൾ സേനാധിപന്റെ പ്രേരണയാൽ, നാനാവിധ ആയുധങ്ങൾ ധരിച്ച ഭീകരനേത്രന്മാരും ഭയാനകദർശനങ്ങളുമുള്ള പ്രമുഖ രാക്ഷസർ പാഞ്ഞിറങ്ങി.
Akampana is a tamer of foes, protector of people, in that way capable, always desirous of welfare, lover of war.
FAQs
The verse underscores disciplined mobilization in war; the epic’s ethical lens later judges warfare by restraint, right cause, and protection of the innocent.
Rākṣasa leaders, armed and terrifying, surge into the battlefield under command direction.
Military discipline and readiness (though serving an unrighteous cause in the epic’s larger frame).