Shloka 30
युद्धाय रावणस्य निर्याणं तथा उत्पातदर्शनम्
Ravana’s Mobilization for War and the ظهور of Fatal Portents
तेतुहृष्टाविवर्धन्तोभिन्दन्तइवमेदिनीम् ।नादंघोरंविमुञ्चन्तोनिर्ययुर्जयकाङ्क्षिणः ।।6.96.30।।
te tu hṛṣṭā vivardhanto bhindanta iva medinīm |
nādaṃ ghoraṃ vimuñcanto niryayur jaya-kāṅkṣiṇaḥ ||6.96.30||
അവർ ഹർഷത്തോടെ ഉന്മത്തരായി ഗർവം വർധിച്ചുകൊണ്ട്, ഭൂമിയെ പിളർക്കുന്നതുപോലെ, ഭയങ്കര നാദം മുഴക്കി, ജയലാലസരായി പുറപ്പെട്ടു ॥6.96.30॥
Happy leaders, roaring exultantly, as if breaking the earth, emerged, turning round, desiring victory and sallied forth.
FAQs
Victory-seeking without moral discernment becomes mere aggression; Dharma requires that the aim (jaya) be subordinate to righteousness and truth.
Rāvaṇa’s forces surge outward, shouting and advancing toward combat.
Courage and zeal are shown, but the verse implicitly contrasts them with righteous purpose—valor alone is not virtue.