Ramayana — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 57, Shloka 6
सप्तपञ्चाशः सर्गः
Hanumān’s Return, Roar of Success, and the Announcement “Sītā Seen”
ग्रसमान इवाकाशं ताराधिपमिवोल्लिखन्।हरन्निव सनक्षत्रं गगनं सार्कमण्डलम्।।5.57.5।।मारुतस्यात्मजः श्रीमान्कपिर्व्योमचरो महान्।हनुमान्मेघजालानि विकर्षन्निव गच्छति।।5.57.6।।
grasamāna ivākāśaṃ tārādhipam ivollikhan |
harann iva sanakṣatraṃ gaganaṃ sārkamaṇḍalam || 5.57.5 ||
mārutasyātmajaḥ śrīmān kapir vyomacaro mahān |
hanumān meghajālāni vikarṣann iva gacchati || 5.57.6 ||
This is a carried-over/duplicated presentation of the same poetic description of Hanumān’s flight: he moves through the sky with overwhelming speed and power, as though swallowing space and drawing clouds behind him.
Great Hanuman, son of the Windgod, flew through the abode of the Windgod as if he was swallowing the space, scratching the Moon, lord of the stars, as if seizing the heavens along with the constellation of Sun and stars and as though he was drawing the clusters of clouds.
FAQs
As in the parallel verse, dharma is implied by the right use of extraordinary capacity for a righteous end.
A repeated/overlapping textual witness of Hanumān’s flight description in the transmission provided.
Might under control—heroic ability directed by duty.