Ramayana — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 55, Shloka 12
लङ्कादाहानन्तरचिन्ता
Hanuman’s Post-Conflagration Self-Examination and Assurance of Sita’s Safety
यदि तद्विहतं कार्यं मम प्रज्ञाविपर्ययात्।इहैव प्राणसंन्यासो ममापि ह्यद्य रोचते।।।।
yadi tad vihataṃ kāryaṃ mama prajñāviparyayāt |
ihaiva prāṇasaṃnyāso mamāpi hy adya rocate ||
إذا كانت تلك المهمة قد دُمرت بسبب حكمي المنحرف، فإن التخلي عن حياتي هنا والآن يبدو أمرًا مناسبًا لي أيضًا.
'If my work has been destroyed by my perversity of judgement, I will give up my life now and here itself'.
FAQs
Radical accountability: Hanumān accepts personal responsibility for failure and contemplates self-sacrifice as expiation—showing seriousness toward dharma and truth.
Believing he may have destroyed the objective (Sītā’s rescue), Hanumān considers ending his life immediately.
Integrity and responsibility: he refuses to excuse himself and measures his worth by the mission’s moral outcome.