द्वन्द्वं वरूथमिभपत्तिरथाश्वयोधैः ।
जघ्नुर्द्रुमैर्गिरिगदेषुभिरङ्गदाद्याः
सीताभिमर्षहतमङ्गलरावणेशान् ॥२०॥
te 'nÄ«kapÄ raghupater abhipatya sarve
dvandvaá¹ varÅ«tham ibha-patti-rathÄÅ›va-yodhaiḥ
jaghnur drumair giri-gadeá¹£ubhir aá¹…gadÄdyÄḥ
sÄ«tÄbhimará¹£a-hata-maá¹…gala-rÄvaṇeÅ›Än
te - all of them; anÄ«ka-pÄḥ - the commanders of the soldiers; raghupateḥ - of Lord ÅšrÄ« RÄmacandra; abhipatya - chasing the enemy; sarve - all of them; dvandvam - fighting; varÅ«tham - the soldiers of RÄvaṇa; ibha - by elephants; patti - by infantry; ratha - by chariots; aÅ›va - by horses; yodhaiḥ - by such warriors; jaghnuḥ - killed them; drumaiḥ - by throwing big trees; giri - by peaks of mountains; gadÄ - by clubs; iá¹£ubhiḥ - by arrows; aá¹…gada-ÄdyÄḥ - all the soldiers of Lord RÄmacandra, headed by Aá¹…gada and others; sÄ«tÄ - of mother SÄ«tÄ; abhimará¹£a - by the anger; hata - had been condemned; maá¹…gala - whose auspiciousness; rÄvaṇa-Ä«Å›Än - the followers or dependents of RÄvaṇa.
Aá¹…gada and the other commanders of the soldiers of RÄmacandra faced the elephants, infantry, horses and chariots of the enemy and hurled against them big trees, mountain peaks, clubs and arrows. Thus the soldiers of Lord RÄmacandra killed RÄvaṇa’s soldiers, who had lost all good fortune because RÄvaṇa had been condemned by the anger of mother SÄ«tÄ.
The soldiers Lord RÄmacandra recruited in the jungle were all monkeys and did not have proper equipment with which to fight the soldiers of RÄvaṇa, for RÄvaṇa’s soldiers were equipped with weapons of modern warfare whereas the monkeys could only throw stones, mountain peaks and trees. It was only Lord RÄmacandra and Laká¹£maṇa who shot some arrows. But because the soldiers of RÄvaṇa were condemned by the curse of mother SÄ«tÄ, the monkeys were able to kill them simply by throwing stones and trees. There are two kinds of strength — daiva and puruá¹£ÄkÄra. Daiva refers to the strength achieved from the Transcendence, and puruá¹£ÄkÄra refers to the strength organized by one’s own intelligence and power. Transcendental power is always superior to the power of the materialist. Depending on the mercy of the Supreme Lord, one must fight one’s enemies even though one may not be equipped with modern weapons. Therefore Kṛṣṇa instructed Arjuna, mÄm anusmara yudhya ca: “Think of Me and fight.†We should fight our enemy to the best of our ability, but for victory we must depend on the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
