Shloka 10
अक्षवधः (The Slaying of Prince Aksha)
Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 47
स जातमन्युः प्रसमीक्ष्य विक्रमं स्थिरं स्थिरस्सम्यति दुर्निवारणम्।समाहितात्मा हनुमन्तमाहवे प्रचोदयामास शरैस्त्रिभि श्शितैः।।5.47.10।।
sa jātamanyuḥ prasamīkṣya vikramaṁ sthiraṁ sthiraḥ saṁyati durnivāraṇam |
samāhitātmā hanumantam āhave pracodayāmāsa śarais tribhiḥ śitaiḥ || 5.47.10 ||
ہنومان کی جنگی قوت کو—جو ثابت قدم اور ناقابلِ روک تھی—دیکھ کر اکش غصّے سے بھر اٹھا۔ پھر دل جمعی اور یکسوئی کے ساتھ میدانِ کارزار میں اس نے ہنومان کو للکارا اور تین تیز دھار تیروں سے وار کیا۔
Knowing that it is difficult to win Hanuman who was steady and of irresistible valour Aksha was angry. Remaining steady, with full attention, he provoked the vanara to fight and released three sharp arrows.
FAQs
Dharma in battle includes disciplined focus (samāhita-ātmā): even when anger rises, action should be controlled and deliberate rather than chaotic.
Akṣa enters the fight against Hanumān, gauges his strength, then initiates combat by firing three arrows.
Concentration and martial discipline—Akṣa acts with focus despite anger.