Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 99, Shloka 3
Mahāpārśva-vadhaḥ — The Slaying of Mahāpārśva
Angada’s Counterstrike
केषांचिदिषुभिर्बाहुन् स्कन्धांश्छिच्छेदराक्षसः च ।।।।वानराणांसुङ्कृद्ध: पार्श्वंकेषांव्यदारयत् ।
keṣāṃ cid iṣubhir bāhūn skandhāṃś ciccheda rākṣasaś ca | vānarāṇāṃ susaṃkruddhaḥ pārśvaṃ keṣāṃ vyadārayat ||
Pagkatapos, ang rākṣasa na iyon, na nagngangalit sa galit, ay pinutol ang mga braso at balikat ng ilang vānara gamit ang kanyang mga palaso, at pinunit ang tagiliran ng iba.
Angada, who was equal to his father in his prowess, was highly furious and himself clenched his fist which resembled thunderbolt.
FAQs
The verse frames the harsh reality of war: adharma-driven rage produces indiscriminate harm. Dharma in battle requires restraint and right purpose; uncontrolled krodha (anger) is shown as destructive.
Mahāpārśva (a rākṣasa warrior) attacks the vānaras fiercely, wounding and maiming many with arrows.
By contrast (implicit), the need for self-control and disciplined valor; the rākṣasa’s lack of restraint highlights the ethical ideal of controlled strength.