Shloka 28
युद्धाय रावणस्य निर्याणं तथा उत्पातदर्शनम्
Ravana’s Mobilization for War and the ظهور of Fatal Portents
ततःप्रयातस्सहसाराक्षसैर्भहुभिर्वृतः ।।6.96.28।।रावणःसत्त्वगाम्भीर्याद्दारयन्निवमेदिनीम् ।
tataḥ prayātaḥ sahasā rākṣasair bahubhir vṛtaḥ |
rāvaṇaḥ sattva-gāmbhīryād dārayann iva medinīm ||6.96.28||
പിന്നീട് അനേകം രാക്ഷസർ ചുറ്റിനിന്നിരിക്കെ രാവണൻ പെട്ടെന്ന് പുറപ്പെട്ടു; തന്റെ ഗർവിത ബലവും ഗൗരവമായ ദൃഢനിശ്ചയവും കൊണ്ടു ഭൂമിയെ പിളർത്തുന്നതുപോലെ തോന്നി.
Duly permitted by Ravana, Mahaparsva and Mahodara who are difficult to overpower and also Virupaksha ascended their chariots.
FAQs
Mere power and grandeur are not Dharma; when force is driven by adharma, it becomes a burden upon the world—symbolized by the earth seeming to be torn.
Rāvaṇa begins his advance toward the battlefield, escorted by a large rākṣasa force.
The verse foregrounds “sattva” as raw force and intensity; ethically, it warns that strength without righteousness becomes destructive rather than protective.