Rasarnavasudhakara 1.380

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1.380

Compassion towards the lowly and rivalry towards the superior, as in:
“Vile monkeys, whose heads have split the temples of Indra’s elephants, abandon this terror!
These arrows falling on your bodies bring only shame.
Son of Sumitrā, halt! You too are not a fit object for my wrath; truly, I am Meghanāda!
I seek Rāma, who curbed the ocean with a casual play of knitting his brows.”

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(Hanumannāṭaka 12.2)

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Here, in the first half, compassion toward the petty monkeys is understood, and in the second half, Indrajit's rivalry toward Rāma. In heroism is the essence of sattva. Energetic zeal is firmness. Competence is promptness in action. Illustrations of these have already been shown on the occasion of describing the hero’s qualities.

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Rasārṇavasudhākara — Siṃhabhūpāla, Sanskrit