Shloka 33
अकम्पनवधः — The Slaying of Akampana
Hanuman’s rout of the Rakshasa host
तेमुक्तकेशाःसम्भ्रान्ताभग्नमानाःपराजिताः ।स्रवच्छ्रमजलैरङ्गैश्श्वसन्तोविप्रदुद्रुवुः ।।6.56.33।।
te muktakeśāḥ sambhrāntā bhagnamānāḥ parājitāḥ |
sravacchramajalair aṅgaiḥ śvasanto vipradudruvuḥ ||6.56.33||
പരാജിതരായി, ഭ്രമിതരായി, മനസ്സു തകർന്നവരായി—കേശങ്ങൾ അഴുകി, ശരീരത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിയർപ്പ് ഒഴുകി, ശ്വാസം മുട്ടി—അവർ അത്യന്തം ആകുലതയിൽ പാഞ്ഞോടി.
Perplexed, broken hearted, defeated, hair loosened the Rakshasas sweating all over their limbs, sighing heavily ran away very fast.
FAQs
The portrayal warns that unrighteous action often ends in inner collapse—loss of composure, dignity, and courage—suggesting that dharma sustains mental steadiness even in crisis.
The routed rakshasas flee in visible disorder and exhaustion.
By contrast, the implied virtue is composure (sattva) on the dharmic side versus panic on the adharmic side.