Shloka 26
युद्धाय रावणस्य निर्याणं तथा उत्पातदर्शनम्
Ravana’s Mobilization for War and the ظهور of Fatal Portents
ततोमुहूर्तान्निष्पेतूराक्षसाभीमदर्शनाः ।नदन्तोभीमवदनानानाप्रहरणैर्भुजैः ।।6.96.24।।असिभिःपट्टसै: शूलैर्गदाभिर्मुसलैर्हलैः ।शक्तिभिस्तीक्ष्णधाराभिर्महद्भि: कूटमुद्गरैः ।।6.96.25।।यष्टिभिर्विमलैश्चक्रैर्निशितैश्चपरश्वथै: ।भिन्दिपालैःशतघ्नीभिरन्यैश्चापिवरायुधैः ।।6.96.26।।
yaṣṭibhir vimalaiś cakrair niśitaiś ca paraśvathaiḥ |
bhindipālaiḥ śataghnībhir anyaiś cāpi varāyudhaiḥ ||6.96.26||
അവർ ദണ്ഡങ്ങളും നിർമ്മല ചക്രായുധങ്ങളും തീക്ഷ്ണ പരശുക്കളും, ഭിന്ദിപാലങ്ങളും ശതഘ്നികളും മറ്റു ശ്രേഷ്ഠായുധങ്ങളും കൈവഹിച്ചു മുന്നോട്ട് പുറപ്പെട്ടു.
Then the Rakshasas of terrific looks, and frightening faces holding on shoulders roaring departed with swords, spears, tridents, maces, iron bars, halas, sharp pointed javelins, huge Kutamudgaras, staffs and several discusses, sharp Bhindipalas, Sataghnis and many kinds of excellent weapons.
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By cataloguing the rākṣasas’ weapons, the verse frames the moral battlefield where Dharma is tested: power and armament alone are not presented as righteousness; the larger narrative contrasts such force with Rāma’s dharmic restraint and just cause.
Satya here is the narrator’s faithful, concrete reporting of events—an unembellished depiction of the opposing force—supporting the epic’s commitment to truthful narration before moral judgment unfolds through the actions that follow.