Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 56, Shloka 20
अकम्पनवधः — The Slaying of Akampana
Hanuman’s rout of the Rakshasa host
सोऽश्वकर्णंसमासाद्यरोषदर्पान्वितोहरिः ।तूर्णमुत्पाटयामासमहागिरिमिवोच्छ्रितम् ।।6.56.20।।
so 'śvakarṇaṃ samāsādya roṣadarpānvito hariḥ |
tūrṇam utpāṭayāmāsa mahāgirim ivocchritam ||6.56.20||
ਫਿਰ ਰੋਹ ਅਤੇ ਦਰਪ ਨਾਲ ਭਰਿਆ ਉਹ ਵਾਨਰ-ਵੀਰ ਅਸ਼ਵਕਰਨ ਦੇ ਰੁੱਖ ਕੋਲ ਪਹੁੰਚਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਮਹਾਂ ਪਹਾੜ ਵਾਂਗ ਉੱਚੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਜੜ੍ਹੋਂ ਉਖਾੜ ਲਿਆ।
He (Hanuman) filled with pride and anger quickly uprooted an Aswakarana tree as huge as a mountain and held it.
FAQs
It reflects the use of extraordinary power in service of a righteous cause; dharma demands that strength be directed toward protecting the just side, not toward egoistic destruction.
After the mountain-peak is destroyed, Hanumān chooses another improvised weapon—uprooting a massive aśvakarṇa tree.
Indomitable strength and battlefield initiative—resourcefulness in turning the environment into a means of resistance.