Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 96, Shloka 28
युद्धाय रावणस्य निर्याणं तथा उत्पातदर्शनम्
Ravana’s Mobilization for War and the ظهور of Fatal Portents
ततःप्रयातस्सहसाराक्षसैर्भहुभिर्वृतः ।।6.96.28।।रावणःसत्त्वगाम्भीर्याद्दारयन्निवमेदिनीम् ।
tataḥ prayātaḥ sahasā rākṣasair bahubhir vṛtaḥ |
rāvaṇaḥ sattva-gāmbhīryād dārayann iva medinīm ||6.96.28||
پھر راون فوراً روانہ ہوا، بہت سے رाक्षسوں نے اسے گھیر رکھا تھا؛ اپنی سخت ہیبت اور گہری جلالت کے بوجھ سے گویا زمین کو چیرتا چلا جاتا تھا۔
Duly permitted by Ravana, Mahaparsva and Mahodara who are difficult to overpower and also Virupaksha ascended their chariots.
FAQs
Mere power and grandeur are not Dharma; when force is driven by adharma, it becomes a burden upon the world—symbolized by the earth seeming to be torn.
Rāvaṇa begins his advance toward the battlefield, escorted by a large rākṣasa force.
The verse foregrounds “sattva” as raw force and intensity; ethically, it warns that strength without righteousness becomes destructive rather than protective.