Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 56, Shloka 5
अकम्पनवधः — The Slaying of Akampana
Hanuman’s rout of the Rakshasa host
एतान्निहन्तुमिच्छामिसमरश्लाघिनोह्यहम् ।एतैःप्रमथितंसर्वंदृश्यतेराक्षसांबलम् ।।6.56.5।।
etān nihantum icchāmi samara-ślāghino hy aham |
etaiḥ pramathitaṃ sarvaṃ dṛśyate rākṣasāṃ balam ||6.56.5||
“Nais kong lipulin ang mga Vānara na ito, sapagkat ako’y nagmamalaki sa digmaan. Sa kanila, ang buong hukbo ng mga Rākṣasa ay nakikitang nagiba at nagkadurug-durog.”
Hanuman also who was richly endowed with goodness greatly honoured all the Vanaras accordingly.
FAQs
The verse warns that pride in violence (mere ‘boasting of war’) is not dharma; true kṣatriya conduct requires disciplined courage rather than ego-driven destruction.
Akampana, seeing the Rākṣasa forces devastated by the Vānaras, declares his intent to kill them.
Here the highlighted trait is not virtue but a flaw—martial arrogance—set against the larger epic’s ideal of restrained, principled strength.