Shloka 10
युद्धाय रावणस्य निर्याणं तथा उत्पातदर्शनम्
Ravana’s Mobilization for War and the ظهور of Fatal Portents
अद्यबाणैर्धनुर्मुक्स्सैर्युगान्तादित्यसन्निभैः ।राघवंलक्ष्मणंचैवनेष्यामियमसादनम् ।।6.96.10।।
adya bāṇair dhanur-muktaiḥ yugāntāditya-sannibhaiḥ | rāghavaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ caiva neṣyāmi yama-sādanam ||6.96.10||
“ഇന്ന്, ധനുസ്സിൽ നിന്നു വിട്ട, യുഗാന്തസൂര്യനെപ്പോലെ ജ്വലിക്കുന്ന ബാണങ്ങളാൽ ഞാൻ രാഘവനെയും ലക്ഷ്മണനെയും യമസദനത്തിലേക്ക് അയക്കും,” എന്നു രാവണൻ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു.
Loosening the shafts from the bow, Ravana resembling the Sun at the time of dissolution of the universe said," I shall dispatch Raghava and Lakshmana to the abode of the Lord of death."
FAQs
The verse illustrates the delusion of adharma: confidence rooted in aggression and pride ignores moral causality. In the Ramayana, true strength is aligned with dharma, not with destructive intent.
Rāvaṇa steels himself for battle, boasting that he will kill Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa with terrifying arrows.
By contrast, the implied virtue is steadfastness in dharma (seen in Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa); Rāvaṇa’s speech foregrounds his hubris rather than any noble trait.