Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 97, Shloka 1
सप्तनवतितमः सर्गः (Yuddha Kāṇḍa 97): Sugrīva’s Onslaught and the Fall of Virūpākṣa
तथातैःकृत्तगात्रैस्तुदशग्रीवेणमार्गणैः ।बभूववसुधातत्रप्रकीर्णाहरिभिस्तदा ।।।।
tathā taiḥ kṛttagātraiḥ tu daśagrīveṇa mārgaṇaiḥ | babhūva vasudhā tatra prakīrṇā haribhis tadā ||6.97.1||
Kaya, dahil sa mga putol na bahagi ng katawan ng mga vanara na tinamaan ng mga palaso ni Dashagriva, ang lupa ay napuno ng mga bumagsak na hari.
That time the battlefield was strewn with bodies of Vanaras whose limbs had been severed by the arrows of Ravana.
FAQs
The verse foregrounds the cost of adharma-driven war: violence yields widespread suffering, reminding readers that unrighteous conflict consumes many beyond the principal actors.
Rāvaṇa’s archery causes heavy vānara casualties, and the battlefield becomes covered with the fallen.
Endurance and sacrifice of the vānara forces, who continue the struggle despite devastating losses.