Shloka 38
रावणभवनपरिक्रमणं हनूमतः शोकविचारश्च
Hanuman’s Circuit of Ravana’s Palace and the Crisis of Deliberation
सोऽहं नैव गमिष्यामि किष्किन्धां नगरीमितः।।।।न च शक्ष्याम्यहं द्रष्टुं सुग्रीवं मैथिलीं विना।
so ’haṃ naiva gamiṣyāmi kiṣkindhāṃ nagarīm itaḥ |
na ca śakṣyāmy ahaṃ draṣṭuṃ sugrīvaṃ maithilīṃ vinā ||
Darum werde ich von hier nicht in die Stadt Kiṣkindhā gehen; und ich werde Sugrīva nicht unter die Augen treten können ohne Maithilī.
"I will not go to the city of Kishkinda from here or to Sugriva without finding Mythili. It will not be possible for me to face him.
FAQs
Dharma as integrity in service: Hanumān refuses to return merely to report failure; truthful duty requires persevering until the entrusted purpose—finding Sītā—is achieved.
Hanumān decides he cannot go back to Kiṣkindhā or meet Sugrīva unless he has found Sītā.
Moral courage and steadfastness—he accepts hardship rather than an incomplete, shame-laden return.