Shloka 18
राघव-रावणयोः घोर-द्वैरथ-युद्धम्
The Fierce Chariot-Duel of Rama and Ravana
मायाविहितमेतत्तुशस्त्रवर्षमपातयत् ।।6.109.18।।सहस्रशस्तदाबाणानश्रान्तहृदयोद्यमः ।
māyā-vihitam etat tu śastra-varṣam apātayat |
sahasraśas tadā bāṇān aśrānta-hṛdayodyamaḥ ||6.109.18||
Với tâm chí và nỗ lực không hề mỏi mệt, hắn trút xuống một cơn mưa vũ khí do huyễn thuật tạo nên, phóng ra muôn ngàn mũi tên.
In that war, noisy, alarming, fearful loud noise of weapons of different kinds, in huge numbers, descended.
FAQs
Dharma values transparency and truth (satya); māyā in combat suggests deceptive power used to overwhelm rather than to uphold justice.
Rāvaṇa escalates by unleashing a magically generated barrage of weapons and countless arrows.
By contrast, the verse points to the danger of using power without satya—skill divorced from righteousness becomes manipulative force.