Shloka 4.55.23
अङ्गदस्य प्रायोपवेशननिश्चयः (Angada’s Resolve to Fast unto Death)
स संविशद्भिबहुभिर्महीधरोमहाद्रिकूटप्रतिमैः प्लवङ्गमैः।बभूव सन्नादितनिर्दरान्तरोभृशं नदद्भिर्जलदैरिवोल्बणैः।।।।
rāmasya vanavāsaṁ ca kṣayaṁ daśarathasya ca |
janasthāna-vadhaṁ caiva vadhaṁ caiva jaṭāyuṣaḥ |
haraṇaṁ caiva vaidehyā vāliṇaś ca vadhaṁ raṇe |
rāma-kopaṁ ca vadatāṁ harīṇāṁ bhayam āgatam ||
As the monkeys spoke of Rāma’s forest-exile, Daśaratha’s death, the slaughter at Jana-sthāna, the death of Jaṭāyu, Sītā’s abduction, Vāli’s death in battle, and Rāma’s wrath, fear came upon them.
While the numerous monkeys, resembling peaks of high mountains were roaring, it resounded through the mountain caves. It was like the sound of the stormy thunderclouds.ityārṣē śrīmadrāmāyaṇē vālmīkīya ādikāvyē kiṣkindhākāṇḍē pañcapañcāśassargaḥ৷৷Thus ends the fiftyfifth sarga in Kishkindakanda of the first epic, the Holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.
Actions have consequences: failing one’s entrusted duty invites fear of just retribution; dharma is sustained by accountability to a righteous protector like Rāma.
During the fast, the monkeys recount major calamities linked to Rāma’s mission and power, and their fear intensifies.
Rāma’s righteous power (dharma-tejas) implicitly—his anger is feared because it is grounded in justice.