Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 101, Shloka 30
शक्तिप्रहारः
Ravana’s Shakti Javelin and Lakshmana’s Wounding
इत्येवमुक्तातांशक्तिमष्टघण्टांमहास्वनाम् ।मयेनमायाविहिताममोघंशत्रुघातिनीम् ।।।।लक्ष्मणायसमुद्धिश्यज्वलन्तीमिवतेजसा ।रावणःपरमक्रुद्धश्चिक्षेप च ननाद च ।।।।
ity evam uktvā tāṃ śaktim aṣṭaghaṇṭāṃ mahāsvanām | mayena māyāvihitām amoghāṃ śatrughātinīm || lakṣmaṇāya samuddiśya jvalantīm iva tejasā | rāvaṇaḥ paramakruddhaś cikṣepa ca nanāda ca ||
इत्येवम् उक्त्वा रावणः परमक्रुद्धः मयेन मायाविहिताम् अमोघां शत्रुघातिनीम् अष्टघण्टां महास्वनाम् तां शक्तिं लक्ष्मणाय समुद्धिश्य तेजसा ज्वलन्तीम् इव चिक्षेप, च ननाद च ॥
Enraged Ravana, having spoken in this manner, hurled the javelin adorned with eight bells making loud noise, designed magically by Maya, a stupendous one capable of destroying any enemy, which was glowing with shine, aiming at Lakshmana, and roared aloud.
FAQs
Unchecked krodha (anger) drives actions toward adharma: Rāvaṇa’s rage and reliance on a terrifying, magically empowered weapon exemplify power severed from righteousness and self-control.
Rāvaṇa, furious, targets Lakṣmaṇa and hurls a formidable, bell-adorned spear said to be magically fashioned by Maya.
By contrast (implicitly), the virtue highlighted is self-restraint: the verse shows what happens when leadership and strength are ruled by anger rather than dharma.