Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 45, Shloka 15
इन्द्रजितः अन्तर्धानयुद्धं
Indrajit’s Concealed Assault and the Fall of Rama and Lakshmana
ततोमर्मसुमर्मज्ञोमज्जयननिशितान् शरान् ।रामलक्ष्मणयोर्वीरोननदाचमुहुर्मुहुः ।।6.45.15।।
tato marmasu marmajño majjayan niśitān śarān | rāmalakṣmaṇayor vīro nanāda ca muhur muhuḥ ||
Pagkatapos, ang mandirigmang bihasa sa pagtama sa mga maselang bahagi ay ibinaon ang matutulis na palaso sa mga marupok na punto nina Rama at Lakshmana, at paulit-ulit na umungal.
There after that warrior went on digging sharp arrows into the vital parts of Rama and Lakshmana again and again and kept roaring.
FAQs
The verse implicitly condemns delight in causing suffering; dharma rejects cruelty and exultation in another’s pain.
Indrajit targets vital points with precision, worsening the brothers’ wounds while repeatedly roaring in triumph.
Negative exemplar: sadistic triumph; dharmic heroism is courage without cruelty.