Shloka 9
रावणस्य सभाप्रवेशः — रामस्य शरवृष्ट्या राक्षससेनाविनाशः
Ravana Enters Council; Rama’s Arrow-Storm Destroys the Rakshasa Host
तेगदाभिश्चचित्राभिःप्रासैःखडगैःपरश्वधैः ।।।।अन्योन्यंसमरेजघ्नुस्तदावानरराक्षसाः ।
te gadābhiś ca citrābhiḥ prāsaiḥ khaḍgaiḥ paraśvadhaiḥ |
anyonyaṃ samare jaghnus tadā vānararākṣasāḥ ||
ତାପରେ ସମରରେ ବାନର ଓ ରାକ୍ଷସମାନେ ବିଚିତ୍ର ଗଦା, ପ୍ରାସ, ଖଡ୍ଗ ଓ ପରଶୁଦ୍ୱାରା ପରସ୍ପରକୁ ଆଘାତ କଲେ।
On Rakshasa king speaking like that, all the diverse battalions together departed swiftly on chariots.
FAQs
The verse portrays the impartial intensity of conflict; Dharma in the Ramayana is not the absence of struggle but right alignment within it.
Close-quarters fighting escalates with heavy weapons on both sides.
Valor (śaurya) and steadfastness in battle, especially among Rāma’s allied vānaras.