Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 55, Shloka 16
अकम्पन-प्रेषणम् तथा कपि-राक्षस-रणवर्णनम्
Akampana Dispatched; The Vanara–Rakshasa Battle and Omens
सर्वेह्यतिबलाःशूराःसर्वेपर्वतसन्निभाः ।।।।हरयोराक्षसाश्चैवपरस्परजिघांसवः ।
sarve hy atibalāḥ śūrāḥ sarve parvata-sannibhāḥ |
harayo rākṣasāś caiva paraspara-jighāṃsavaḥ ||6.55.16||
Lahat ay labis na malalakas at magigiting, lahat ay tila mga bundok—mga Vanara at mga Rākṣasa—bawat isa’y naglalagablab sa pagnanais na pumatay sa kabila.
Intending to kill one another both Vanaras and Rakshasas who resembled hills, also of extraordinary might and heroic fighting.
FAQs
Power and heroism are morally ambiguous: dharma is not measured by strength alone, but by the purpose for which strength is used.
The narrator describes both armies as immensely powerful and mutually homicidal as the clash intensifies.
Śaurya (heroism) is highlighted, while the verse warns that heroism can be consumed by hatred when directed toward mutual destruction.