Shloka 4.53.21
स्वयम्प्रभा-विमोचनम् — Svayamprabha Leads the Vanaras Out (Time-Limit Crisis and Counsel)
शासनात्कपिराजस्य वयं सर्वे विनिर्गताः।मासः पूर्णो बिलस्थानां हरयः किं न बुद्ध्यते।।।।
śāsanāt kapirājasya vayaṃ sarve vinirgatāḥ | māsaḥ pūrṇo bilasthānāṃ harayaḥ kiṃ na buddhyate ||
By the command of the monkey-king we all set out; and for those haris who have been in this cave, a full month has been completed—do you not understand?
'O monkeys! don't you realize that all of us have come here at the command of the monkey king, and while we were in the cave a whole month has gone by?
Dharma is obedience to legitimate authority and fidelity to an assigned mission within its time-bound limits.
Angada reminds the group that they left on Sugriva’s orders and that their cave-delay has consumed an entire month.
Vigilance and candor—Angada confronts the group with the facts of elapsed time.