Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 55, Shloka 18
अकम्पन-प्रेषणम् तथा कपि-राक्षस-रणवर्णनम्
Akampana Dispatched; The Vanara–Rakshasa Battle and Omens
रजश्चारुणवर्णाभंसुभीममभवद् भृशम् ।।।।उद्धतंहरिरक्षोभिःसंरुरोधदिशोदश ।
rajaś cāruṇa-varṇābhaṃ subhīmam abhavad bhṛśam | uddhataṃ hari-rakṣobhiḥ saṃrurōdha diśo daśa ||
Внезапно поднялось страшное облако пыли красноватого цвета; взметённое ванарами и ракшасами, оно разлилось и заволокло все десять сторон света.
Terrific dust of red colour arose instantly in all the ten directions by the Vanaras, and Rakshasas and it enveloped all over.
FAQs
The verse highlights how uncontrolled violence and rage can obscure discernment; Dharma in war requires clarity and restraint, otherwise even direction and orientation (symbolically ‘the ten directions’) are lost.
The battlefield becomes engulfed in a red, terrifying dust-cloud raised by the intense clash between the Vānara forces and the Rākṣasas.
Not a single character’s virtue, but the implied wartime virtue of vigilance and self-control—without it, the battle environment itself becomes morally and practically disorienting.