Shloka 42
रावणभवनपरिक्रमणं हनूमतः शोकविचारश्च
Hanuman’s Circuit of Ravana’s Palace and the Crisis of Deliberation
चितां कृत्वा प्रवेक्ष्यामि समिद्धमरणीसुतम्।उपविष्टस्य वा सम्यग्लिङ्गिनीं साधयिष्यतः।।।।शरीरं भक्षयिष्यन्ति वायसाः श्वापदानि च।
citāṃ kṛtvā pravekṣyāmi samiddham araṇīsutam |
upaviṣṭasya vā samyag liṅginīṃ sādhayiṣyataḥ ||
śarīraṃ bhakṣayiṣyanti vāyasāḥ śvāpadāni ca |
মই চিতা সাজি, অৰণিৰ পৰা প্ৰজ্বলিত অগ্নিত প্ৰৱেশ কৰিম; নতুবা ইয়াত বহি, যথাবিধি লিংগ ধাৰণ কৰি প্ৰায়োপৱেশ (মৃত্যুপৰ্যন্ত উপবাস-ব্ৰত) সাধন কৰিম—যেতিয়ালৈকে কাঁহ আৰু শ্বাপদে এই দেহ ভক্ষণ নকৰে।
"I will prepare a pyre and enter the fire so that sea waves wash off the ashes or crows and beasts will eat up my body while i sit fasting unto death.
FAQs
The verse dramatizes the danger of despair: when duty feels threatened, the mind imagines self-harm; the Ramayana’s ethical arc later corrects this toward perseverance and life-affirming dharma.
Hanuman, overwhelmed by the fear of failing Rama’s mission, considers extreme forms of self-ending—immolation or fasting unto death.
Intense accountability: even in error, Hanuman’s thoughts show how seriously he treats responsibility to Rama and Sītā.