सागरप्रतीक्षा-क्रोधप्रादुर्भावः
Rama’s Vigil at the Ocean and the Rise of Wrath
नदर्शयतिसाम्नामेसागरोरूपमात्मनः ।।6.21.21।।चापमानयसौमित्रेशरांश्चाशीविषोपमान् ।सागरंशोषयिष्यामिपद् भ्यांयान्तुप्लवङ्गमाः ।।6.21.22।।
na darśayati sāmnā me sāgaro rūpam ātmanaḥ |
cāpam ānaya saumitre śarāṃś cāśīviṣopamān |
sāgaraṃ śoṣayiṣyāmi padbhyāṃ yāntu plavaṅgamāḥ ||6.21.21–6.21.22||
“Hindi ipinakikita sa akin ng Karagatan ang tunay niyang kalooban, kahit kausapin ko nang may pag-amo. O Saumitrī, dalhin mo ang busog at ang mga palasong tulad ng makamandag na ahas; patutuyuin ko ang dagat—lumakad nawa sa lupa ang mga vānaras.”
"The ocean has not shown his own form to me. O! Lakshmana! Get the bow and venomous snake like arrows, I will dry up the ocean and the Vanaras can walk by foot and go."
Dharma includes upāya (appropriate means): when sāman (conciliation) fails against obstinacy, firm action may be invoked to protect a righteous objective.
Rāma orders Lakṣmaṇa to bring bow and arrows, declaring he will force a passage by drying the sea so the vānaras can cross.
Leadership and resolve—Rāma takes responsibility for removing obstacles to the mission of rescuing Sītā.
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