Shloka 4.56.4
सम्पातिदर्शनम् (Encounter with Sampāti) — Angada’s Lament and the Vulture-King’s Response
विधिः किल नरं लोके विधानेनानुवर्तते।यथाऽयं विहितो भक्ष्यश्चिरान्मह्यमुपागतः।।।।
paśya sītāpadēśena sākṣād vaivasvato yamaḥ |
imaṃ deśam anuprāpto vānarāṇāṃ vipattaye ||
“Look—under the pretext of Sītā, Yama himself, the son of Vivasvān, has come to this place to bring ruin upon the vānara.”
'Destiny rules the world of men in accordance with a divine arrangement. Or else, it would not have brought me food after a long time (of fasting)'. (The monkeys are food for Sampati)'
The verse warns how despair can distort truth (satya): Angada interprets events as fated destruction. Dharma requires maintaining clarity and right judgment even when fear makes one see doom everywhere.
Angada, terrified by Sampāti’s threat, describes the vulture as death itself arriving ‘in Sītā’s name’ to destroy them.
The need for steadiness (dhairya) and truthful assessment—virtues that Hanumān will embody by redirecting the group toward action.