Shloka 9
त्रिशिरा-प्रबोधनम् तथा नरान्तक-वधः
Trisira’s Counsel and the Slaying of Naranthaka
श्रुत्वात्रिशिरसोवाक्यंदेवान्तकनरान्तकौ ।अतिकायश्चतेजस्वीबभूवुर्युद्धहर्षिताः ।।।।
śrutvā triśiraso vākyaṁ devāntaka-narāntakau | atikāyaś ca tejasvī babhūvur yuddha-harṣitāḥ ||
ത്രിശിരസിന്റെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ടപ്പോൾ ദേവാന്തകനും നരാന്തകനും, തേജസ്വിയായ അതികായനും—എല്ലാവരും യുദ്ധഹർഷത്തോടെ ഉത്സുകരായി।
Hearing Trisira's words both Devanthaka and Naranthaka and glorious Atikaya became enthusiastic for combat.
FAQs
Words can inflame desire for violence; the verse implicitly contrasts dharmic restraint with adharmic battle-lust stirred by provocation.
Triśiras incites fellow Rākṣasa warriors, who become enthusiastic to enter combat.
Not virtue but a cautionary trait: impulsive zeal for war, easily triggered by rhetoric.