Thursday, September 17, 2026

Did Ram have it in him to defeat Ravana without help from Hanuman and his monkey army?

 There are many such verses from Valmiki Ramayana to say Rama is Unparalleled in all universes,let me state couple of them as starters . Except Lord Shiva, no one can completely comprehend the divinity of Rama’s avatar unlike other avatars . We will all fall short to delusion (māyā).

// sanskrit verses attached at bottom

There is none equal to Rama in any of the universes (multi universes)

Rama himself to Sugreeva, he can wipe out everything in a second

"O, Sugreeva, Lord of monkey-troops! If I wish, I can kill those devilish beings, demons, supernatural beings, and ogres living on earth with just a tip of my finger"

–Valmiki Ramayana: Yuddhakanda: 18.23

Hanuman to Ravana about None equal to Rama in all worlds:

The renowned Rama is capable of totally destroying all the worlds together with its five elements, along with its animate and inanimate things and also to create yet again all the worlds in like manner as before."

–Valmiki Ramayana: Sundarakaṇḍa: 51.39

सर्वान् लोकान् सुसम्हृत्य सभूतान् सचराचरान् || ५-५१-३९ (5.51.39)
पुनरेव तथा स्रष्टुम् शक्तो रामो महायशाः |

39. mahaa yashaaH raamaH = the renowned Rama; shaktaH = is capable; susamhR^itya = of completely destroying; sarvaan = all; lokaan = the worlds; sabhuutaan = together with its five elements; sacharaacharaan = along with its animate and inanimate things; tathaa sraSTum = and also to create in like manner as before; punareva = yet again.

"The renowned Rama is capable of totally destroying all the worlds together with its five elements, along with its animate and inanimate things and also to create yet again all the worlds in like manner as before.

पिशाचान् दानवान् यक्षान् पृथिव्याम् चैव राक्षसान् ||६-१८-२३ (6–18–23)
अन्गुलि अग्रेण तान् हन्याम् इच्चन् हरि गण ईश्वर |

23. harigaNeshvara = O; Sugreeva Lord of monkey troops! Ichchhan = If I wish; hanyaam = I will kill; taan = those; pishaachaan = devilish beings; daanavaan = demons; yakshhaan = supernatural beings; raakshhasanchaiva = and ogres; pR^ithivyaam = living on earth; aNgulyagreNa = with the tip of my finger.

"O, Sugreeva, Lord of monkey-troops! If I wish, I can kill those devilish beings, demons, supernatural beings and ogres living on earth with just a tip of my finger"