Shloka 93
युद्धलक्षण-निमित्तदर्शनं तथा लङ्काद्वारव्यूहः
War Omens and the Encirclement of Lanka’s Gates
रावणस्तुपरंचक्रेक्रोधंप्रासादधर्षणात् ।विनाशंचात्मनःपश्यन्निश्श्वासपरमोऽभवत् ।।6.41.93।।
rāvaṇas tu paraṃ cakre krodhaṃ prāsādadharṣaṇāt | vināśaṃ cātmanaḥ paśyan niḥśvāsaparamo 'bhavat || 6.41.93 ||
Mas Rāvaṇa inflamou-se em ira extrema pela afronta feita ao seu palácio; e, prevendo a própria ruína, entregou-se a suspiros profundos e pesados.
Ravana exhibiting extreme anger at the shattering of his palace and seeing his destruction started sighing heavily.
FAQs
Unrighteous power is sustained by ego-symbols; when those symbols are shaken, inner fear surfaces—adharma ultimately collapses under its own foreseen consequences.
Rāvaṇa reacts to the humiliating assault on his palace, oscillating between rage and a dawning sense of impending defeat.
By contrast (through Rāvaṇa’s agitation), the text highlights steadiness as a virtue; uncontrolled anger is shown as a mark of moral weakness.