72 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 10

TRANSLATION

ada and the other commanders of the soldiers of
Ramacandra 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 Ramacandra killed
Ravana’s soldiers, who had lost all good fortune because Ravana
had been condemned by the anger of mother Sita.

PURPORT

The soldiers Lord Ramacandra recruited in the jungle were all
monkeys and did not have proper equipment with which to fight the
soldiers of Ravana, for Ravana’s soldiers were equipped with weapons of
modern warfare whereas the monkeys could only throw stones, mountain
peaks and trees. It was only Lord Ramacandra and Laksmana who shot
some arrows. But because the soldiers of Ravana were condemned by the
curse of mother Sita, the monkeys were able to kill them simply by
throwing stones and trees. There are two kinds of strength—daiva and
purusdkara. Daiva refers to the strength achieved from the Transcen-
dence, and purusdakara refers to the strength organized by one’s own in-
telligence 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 Krsna instructed Arjuna, mam 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.

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