युद्धाय रावणस्य निर्याणं तथा उत्पातदर्शनम्
Ravana’s Mobilization for War and the ظهور of Fatal Portents
अद्ययूथप्रचण्डानांहरीणांद्रुमयोधिनाम् ।मुक्तेनैकेषुणायुद्धेभेत्स्यामि च शतंशतम् ।।6.96.17।।
adya yūtha-pracaṇḍānāṃ harīṇāṃ drumayodhinām | muktenaik-eṣuṇā yuddhe bhetsyāmi ca śataṃ śatam ||6.96.17||
Hôm nay trong trận chiến, chỉ với một mũi tên được bắn ra, ta sẽ xuyên thủng hàng trăm chiến binh khỉ hung dữ đang chiến đấu bằng cây cối.
"Today in the combat each one of the arrows released by me will pierce through one hundred monkeys vehemently fighting with trees"
The verse highlights how pride exaggerates and devalues life. Dharma upholds the worth of beings and condemns boasting that treats mass killing as achievement.
Rāvaṇa attempts to intimidate by claiming superhuman lethality against the vānaras.
The vānara virtue implied is fearlessness and devotion in dharmic service; Rāvaṇa’s speech foregrounds arrogance rather than valor guided by righteousness.