Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 69, Shloka 30
त्रिशिरा-प्रबोधनम् तथा नरान्तक-वधः
Trisira’s Counsel and the Slaying of Naranthaka
गृहीत्वाप्रासमुल्काभंविरराजनरान्तकः ।शक्तिमादायतेजस्वीगुहशशिखिगतोयथा ।।।।
gṛhītvā prāsam ulkābhaṃ virarāja Narāntakaḥ |
śaktim ādāya tejasvī Guhaśaśikhigato yathā ||
उल्केसारखा प्रखर भाला हातात घेऊन नरान्तक तेजाने झळकला। शक्ती-भाला धारण करून तो मयूरध्वज गुह (स्कंद) जसा शोभतो तसा शोभला।
Naranthaka seizing a barbed missile like a burning spear, looked like son of Lord Siva wielding javelin in hand.
FAQs
The verse underscores the epic theme that power must be consciously ‘taken up’ and directed; brilliance (tejas) is ethically meaningful only when governed by intention and responsibility.
Narāntaka arms himself with a fiery spear and is poetically compared to Skanda bearing his divine weapon.
Tejas (splendor) and utsāha (martial ardor), expressed through confident weapon-bearing before battle.