Shloka 166
समुद्रलङ्घनारम्भः
Commencement of the Ocean-Crossing
चकार सुरसा वक्त्रमशीतीयोजनायतम्।हनुमानचलप्रख्यो नवतीयोजनोच्छ्रितः।।।।
cakāra surasā vaktram aśītīyojanāyatam | hanumān acalaprakhyo navatīyojanocchritaḥ ||
সুৰসাই নিজৰ মুখ আশী যোজন পৰ্যন্ত বিস্তাৰ কৰিলে; পৰ্বতপ্ৰায় হনুমান নব্বই যোজন উচ্চ হ’ল।
Surasa widened her mouth to eighy yojanas and the heroic Hanuman grew up to ninety yojanas, looking like a mountain.
FAQs
Dharma is steadfast strength used for a righteous end: power is portrayed as disciplined and mission-oriented, not self-indulgent.
The physical scale of the test reaches extremes, dramatizing the seriousness of the divine challenge to Hanumān’s passage.
Fortitude (bala + dhairya): Hanumān’s strength appears stable and “mountain-like,” symbolizing unshakable resolve.