Shloka 7
इन्द्रवरदानम् / Indra Grants Boons: Restoration of the Vanara Host
विक्रान्ताश्चापिशूराश्च न मृत्युंगणयन्ति च ।कृतयत्नाविपन्नाश्चजीवयैनान् पुरन्दर ।।।।
vikrāntāś cāpi śūrāś ca na mṛtyuṃ gaṇayanti ca |
kṛtayatnā vipannāś ca jīvayainān purandara ||
พวกเขากล้าหาญองอาจ และมิได้นับถือความตาย ครั้นเพียรพยายามสุดกำลังแล้วก็ล้มลงท่ามกลางวิบัติ โอ้ปุรันทรา โปรดชุบชีวิตพวกเขาเถิด
"They were valiant and courageous and did not care for life. They did their utmost, died and fell into adversity. Purandara! Get all of them back to life."
FAQs
Dharma here is gratitude joined with compassion: those who risked everything for a righteous cause should not be abandoned, and a leader must seek their welfare.
After the battle, many allied fighters have fallen; Rāma appeals to Indra (Purandara) to revive them.
Rāma’s compassion and responsibility toward allies—he honors their sacrifice and actively seeks their restoration.