Shloka 56
युद्धलक्षण-निमित्तदर्शनं तथा लङ्काद्वारव्यूहः
War Omens and the Encirclement of Lanka’s Gates
तेनशब्देनमहतासप्राकारासतोरणा ।।6.41.56।।लङ्काप्रचलितासर्वासशैलवनकानना ।
tena śabdena mahatā sa-prākārā sa-toraṇā |
laṅkā pracalitā sarvā sa-śaila-vana-kānanā ||6.41.56||
ఆ మహాశబ్దంతో లంక అంతటా కంపించింది—ప్రాకారాలు, తోరణద్వారాలు సహా; పర్వతాలు, అడవులు, వనవిహారాలు కూడా ఒక్కసారిగా త్రెమిలాయి।
By the great sound the boundary, the archways and the mountains and forests shook violently.
FAQs
Adharma’s strongholds are unstable when confronted by rightful action; even fortified power can tremble before moral force.
The approaching Vānara host creates such a roar that the entire city of Laṅkā seems to quake.
Dhairya (steadfastness) implied in the attackers, and the fragility of arrogance implied in the defenders’ domain.