Shloka 7

Devanagari script

राघवस्तु विनिर्यान्तं व्यूडानीकं दशाननम्‌ | बा्हस्पत्यं विधिं कृत्वा प्रत्यव्यूहन्निशाचरम्‌,श्रीरामचन्द्रजीने जब देखा कि दशमुख रावण व्यूहाकार सेनाको साथ ले नगरसे बाहर निकल रहा है, तब उन्होंने भी उस निशाचरके विरुद्ध बृहस्पतिकी बतायी हुई रीतिसे अपनी सेनाका व्यूह बनाया

Transliteration

rāghavas tu viniryāntaṃ vyūḍhānīkaṃ daśānanam | bārhaspatyaṃ vidhiṃ kṛtvā pratyavyūhann niśācaram ||

Translation

马尔坎德耶说道：当罗伽婆（圣罗摩）看见十首罗波那率军出城，列成战阵行进时，他也依照布里哈斯帕提所传授的法度，布置己军为相应的反阵，以迎击那夜行的敌寇。

Word by Word

राघवःRāghava (Rāma)

तुbut/indeed

विनिर्यान्तम्going out, marching out

व्यूढ-अनीकम्with troops arrayed in formation

दशाननम्the ten-faced one (Rāvaṇa)

बृहस्पत्यम्taught by Bṛhaspati / pertaining to Bṛhaspati

विधिम्method, procedure, rule

कृत्वाhaving done, having performed

प्रति-अव्यूहन्they counter-arrayed / formed a counter-formation

निशाचरम्the night-roamer (rākṣasa)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Rāghava (Śrī Rāma)

Daśānana (Rāvaṇa)

Bṛhaspati

vyūha (battle array)

nagara (city)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, righteous action depends on disciplined order and wise counsel. Rāma does not respond with chaos or rage; he counters an enemy’s formation by following an established, teacher-sanctioned method (Bṛhaspati’s vidhi), suggesting that power should be governed by dharma and proper strategy.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rāvaṇa comes out of the city with his army arranged in a battle formation. Seeing this, Rāma organizes his own forces into a corresponding counter-formation, using the tactical procedure attributed to Bṛhaspati, preparing to meet the rākṣasa host in an ordered engagement.