Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 55, Shloka 17
अकम्पन-प्रेषणम् तथा कपि-राक्षस-रणवर्णनम्
Akampana Dispatched; The Vanara–Rakshasa Battle and Omens
तेषांविवर्धतांशब्दःसंयुगेऽतितरस्विनाम् ।।।।शुश्रुवेसुमहान् कोपादन्योन्यमभिगर्जताम् ।
teṣāṃ vivardhatāṃ śabdaḥ saṃyuge 'ti-tarasvinām |
śuśruve sumahān kopād anyonyam abhigarjatām ||6.55.17||
Trong cuộc giao chiến ấy, khi những chiến sĩ bốc đồng càng thêm dữ dội, vì phẫn nộ mà gầm thét vào nhau, một tiếng ồn mênh mông, cuộn dâng vang lên.
A tremendous sound thundered in that war when they fought with exceeding impetuosity with one another and yelled at each other.
FAQs
Anger (krodha) multiplies conflict: dharma requires mastery over rage, because fury turns combat into chaos and blinds one to right conduct.
The fighting reaches a pitch where mutual roaring and wrath create an overwhelming battlefield clamor.
The verse primarily depicts the opposite of virtue—krodha and uncontrolled aggression—implicitly praising self-control as the dharmic alternative.