Shloka 28
युद्धाय रावणस्य निर्याणं तथा उत्पातदर्शनम्
Ravana’s Mobilization for War and the ظهور of Fatal Portents
ततःप्रयातस्सहसाराक्षसैर्भहुभिर्वृतः ।।6.96.28।।रावणःसत्त्वगाम्भीर्याद्दारयन्निवमेदिनीम् ।
tataḥ prayātaḥ sahasā rākṣasair bahubhir vṛtaḥ |
rāvaṇaḥ sattva-gāmbhīryād dārayann iva medinīm ||6.96.28||
แล้วทศกัณฐ์ก็ออกเดินทางโดยฉับพลัน มีเหล่ายักษ์รากษสจำนวนมากล้อมราย ราวกับด้วยความองอาจอันหนักแน่นและเดชอันลึก เขากำลังฉีกแผ่นดินให้แยกออก
Duly permitted by Ravana, Mahaparsva and Mahodara who are difficult to overpower and also Virupaksha ascended their chariots.
FAQs
Mere power and grandeur are not Dharma; when force is driven by adharma, it becomes a burden upon the world—symbolized by the earth seeming to be torn.
Rāvaṇa begins his advance toward the battlefield, escorted by a large rākṣasa force.
The verse foregrounds “sattva” as raw force and intensity; ethically, it warns that strength without righteousness becomes destructive rather than protective.