New Delhi, May 12 -- In a poignant moment during a press briefing on Operation Sindoor, Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti recited a verse from the Ramcharitmanas, underscoring India's shift from restraint to assertive action in the face of ongoing provocations from Pakistan.

The verse, drawn from Tulsidas's epic and popularised by poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, reads:

Vinay na maanat jaladh jad, gaye teen din beeti.

Bole Ram sakop tab, bhay binu hoi na preeti

Translated, it conveys that when Lord Rama's humble requests to the ocean went unheeded for three days, he realised that without instilling fear, love or respect does not arise. The moral implication is clear - humility is noble, but it must be balanced with resolve when necessary....