Shloka 23
Mahāpārśva-vadhaḥ — The Slaying of Mahāpārśva
Angada’s Counterstrike
स्मिन्निपतितेभूमौतत्सैन्यंसम्प्रचुक्षुभे ।।।।अभवच्चमहान्क्रोधस्समरेरावणस्यतु ।
tasmin nipatite bhūmau tat sainyaṃ sampracukṣubhe | abhavac ca mahān krodhaḥ samare rāvaṇasya tu ||
当他倒落于地，那支军队顿时骚动震荡；而在战场上，罗波那被滔天怒火所攫。
Then Ravana, the enemy of Indra, hearing the great sound made by the three dwellers of heaven of forest and of Rakshasas, reacting violently again, prepared for war.৷৷ ইত্যার্ষেবাল্মীকীযেশ্রীমদ্রামাযণেআদিকাব্যেযুদ্ধকাণ্ডেনবনবতিতমস্সর্গঃ ৷৷This is the end of the ninety ninth sarga of Yuddha Kanda of the first epic the holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.
FAQs
Krodha clouds judgment: the epic repeatedly treats anger as a gateway to adharma, pushing rulers toward ruinous choices.
After Mahāpārśva’s death, the rākṣasa forces are shaken, and Rāvaṇa reacts with intense rage.
Implicitly, the virtue of emotional mastery in kingship; Rāvaṇa’s anger highlights the absence of rājanīti grounded in dharma.