Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 22, Shloka 11
सागरप्रशमनम् / The Pacification of the Ocean and the Building of Nala’s Bridge
अरुजंश्चैनशैलाग्राशनिखराणिबभञ्जनः ।दिविस्पृशोमहमेघास्सङ्गतास्समहास्वनाः ।।।।मुमुचुर्वैद्युताननगींस्तेमहाशनयस्तदा ।
arujaṃś caina śailāgrāś ca nikharāṇi babhañjanaḥ |
divi spṛśo mahāmeghāḥ saṅgatāḥ sa mahāsvanāḥ |
mumucuḥ vaidyutān agnīṃs te mahāśanayas tadā ||6.22.11||
At winasak ng kaguluhan ang mga tuktok at bangin ng bundok. Ang malalaking ulap na sumasayad sa langit ay nagsama-sama na may dagundong; saka nila ibinuga ang mga kidlat na tila apoy, na may napakalalakas na pagsabog.
Huge clouds collected were moving at extraordinary speed in the sky breaking mountain peaks. Those clouds in the sky sent forth fire of lightning making a loud sound.
FAQs
Dharma is portrayed as a force that can shake the cosmos when confronted or upheld; the world itself signals the seriousness of the moral conflict.
The atmosphere becomes catastrophic—mountains crack, clouds mass, thunder and lightning erupt—mirroring the escalating confrontation at the ocean.
The verse primarily magnifies the intensity of Rāma’s righteous intent through epic-scale natural imagery.