Ramayana — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 13, Shloka 31
रावणभवनपरिक्रमणं हनूमतः शोकविचारश्च
Hanuman’s Circuit of Ravana’s Palace and the Crisis of Deliberation
मातापित्रोर्विनाशेन सुग्रीवव्यसनेन च।।।।कुमारोऽप्यङ्गदः कस्माद्धारयिष्यति जीवितम्।
mātāpitror vināśena sugrīva-vyasaneṇa ca |
kumāro ’py aṅgadaḥ kasmād dhārayiṣyati jīvitam ||
With his mother and father gone, and with Sugrīva struck by calamity, how indeed would even the young prince Aṅgada be able to go on living?
"On account of his parents death and also because of Sugriva's calamity, Angada will give up his life.
FAQs
Dharma is framed as responsibility toward others: Hanumān measures the moral weight of failure by the suffering it would cause to the community and its heirs, not merely by his own loss.
In Laṅkā, after searching and still not seeing Sītā, Hanumān reflects on the disastrous consequences that would follow if he returned without success.
Accountability and compassion—Hanumān’s concern extends to Aṅgada’s ability to endure and to the broader stability of the vānaras under Sugrīva.