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Shloka 4.32.16

किष्किन्धाकाण्डे द्वात्रिंशः सर्गः — Lakshmana’s Anger Reported; Hanuman Advises Propitiation and Timely Mobilization

आर्तस्य हृतदारस्य पुरुषं पुरुषान्तरात्।वचनं मर्षणीयं ते राघवस्य महात्मनः।।

prāptam udyoga-kālaṃ tu nāvaiṣi hari-puṅgava | tvaṃ pramatta iti vyaktaṃ lakṣmaṇo ’yam ihāgataḥ ||

O bull among monkeys, the time for mobilization has arrived, yet you do not recognize it. It is plain you have become careless—therefore this Lakṣmaṇa has come here.

'The message sent by a man who is in distress, and is deprived of his wife should be accepted even if they are harsh since he is a great self (who has rendered you help).

S
Sugrīva
L
Lakṣmaṇa

A pledge must be honored at the proper time; negligence after receiving help is adharma and invites rightful reproach.

Lakṣmaṇa arrives to confront the delay in Sugrīva’s promised assistance to search for Sītā; Tārā frames it as a consequence of Sugrīva’s inattention.

Discipline and reliability—acting when duty calls, not when convenient.