Shloka 24
अकम्पन-प्रेषणम् तथा कपि-राक्षस-रणवर्णनम्
Akampana Dispatched; The Vanara–Rakshasa Battle and Omens
ततस्तुरुधिरौघेणसिक्तंह्यपगतंरजः ।।।।शरीरशवसङ्कीर्णाबभूवचवसुन्धरा ।
tatas tu rudhiraughēṇa siktaṃ hy apagataṃ rajaḥ | śarīra-śava-saṅkīrṇā babhūva ca vasundharā ||
ครั้นแล้วเมื่อถูกชโลมด้วยกระแสโลหิต ฝุ่นธุลีก็สงบและสลายไป พสุธาจึงปรากฏเกลื่อนกลาดด้วยศพและชิ้นส่วนอวัยวะที่ขาดสะบั้น
Then moistened with blood, the dust settled on the ground was seen covered with bodies and limbs.
FAQs
It presents the sobering truth of war’s results; Dharma in the Ramayana repeatedly insists that violence, even when necessary, carries grave human cost and must never be romanticized.
Blood dampens the air and ground so the dust settles, revealing the battlefield littered with corpses and body parts.
Truthfulness (satya) in depiction—seeing consequences plainly—is emphasized through the narrator’s unembellished revelation of the aftermath.