Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 96, Shloka 10
युद्धाय रावणस्य निर्याणं तथा उत्पातदर्शनम्
Ravana’s Mobilization for War and the ظهور of Fatal Portents
अद्यबाणैर्धनुर्मुक्स्सैर्युगान्तादित्यसन्निभैः ।राघवंलक्ष्मणंचैवनेष्यामियमसादनम् ।।6.96.10।।
adya bāṇair dhanur-muktaiḥ yugāntāditya-sannibhaiḥ | rāghavaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ caiva neṣyāmi yama-sādanam ||6.96.10||
“今日，我将以自弓所发之箭——炽烈如劫末之日——把罗伽婆（Rāghava）与罗什曼那（Lakṣmaṇa）送往阎摩（Yama）之所。”罗波那（Rāvaṇa）如是宣言。
Loosening the shafts from the bow, Ravana resembling the Sun at the time of dissolution of the universe said," I shall dispatch Raghava and Lakshmana to the abode of the Lord of death."
FAQs
The verse illustrates the delusion of adharma: confidence rooted in aggression and pride ignores moral causality. In the Ramayana, true strength is aligned with dharma, not with destructive intent.
Rāvaṇa steels himself for battle, boasting that he will kill Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa with terrifying arrows.
By contrast, the implied virtue is steadfastness in dharma (seen in Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa); Rāvaṇa’s speech foregrounds his hubris rather than any noble trait.