युद्धकाण्डे अष्टमः सर्गः — राक्षससभा-युद्धपरामर्शः
War-Council Boasts and Stratagems
स्वैरंकुर्वन्तुकर्माणिभवन्तोविगतज्वराः ।।6.8.22।।एकोऽहंभक्षयिष्यामितांसर्वांहरियूथपान् ।स्वस्थाःक्रीडन्तुनिश्चिन्ताःपिबन्तुमधुवारुणीम् ।।6.8.23।।
svairaṃ kurvantu karmāṇi bhavanto vigatajvarāḥ ||6.8.22||
eko'haṃ bhakṣayiṣyāmi tāṃ sarvāṃ hariyūthapān |
svasthāḥ krīḍantu niścintāḥ pibantu madhuvāruṇīm ||6.8.23||
你们都可随意行事,放下忧惧。我一人便要吞噬那整支婆那罗首领之军。你们安然无虑,尽情嬉戏,并饮那甘甜之酒。
All of you giving up fear, do your duties freely move happily sporting and drinking sweet wine. Single handed, I will consume all the Vanara army.
It warns against intoxication—both literal (wine) and moral (hubris). Dharma upholds vigilance, restraint, and truthfulness, not complacent indulgence amid wrongdoing.
Vajrahanu boasts that he alone can destroy the vanara forces and tells others to relax and drink.
The verse emphasizes a negative trait: reckless overconfidence and craving, which the epic treats as signs of impending downfall.