Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 74, Shloka 70
औषधिपर्वताहरणम् / The Retrieval of the Herb
Bearing Mountain
स तेनशैलेनभृशंरराजशैलोपमोगन्धवहात्मजस्तु ।सहस्रधारेणसपावकेनचक्रेणखेविष्णुरिवार्पितेन ।।6.74.70।।
sa tena śailena bhṛśaṃ rarāja śailopamo gandhavahātmajas tu |
sahasra-dhāreṇa sa pāvakena cakreṇa khe viṣṇur ivārpiteṇa ||6.74.70||
С той горой он засиял ослепительно — сын Бога Ветра, сам подобный горе; в небе он был словно Вишну, несущий огненный диск с тысячью острых кромок.
He, the son of the wind god sitting upon the crag, was delightful like Vishnu with a flaming wheel shining.
FAQs
The verse frames righteous force as protective and restorative, not destructive for its own sake—Dharma shines when power is aligned with safeguarding life.
Hanumān is seen in flight carrying the mountain, his brilliance likened to Viṣṇu in the sky with the blazing discus.
Protector’s valor—strength presented as a divine-like instrument for rescuing allies.