Shloka 4.67.42
हनूमद्विक्रम-प्रशंसा तथा महेन्द्रारोहणम् (Hanuman’s Self-Assertion of Power and Ascent of Mount Mahendra)
ततस्तं मारुतप्रख्यस्सहरिर्मारुतात्मजः।।4.67.40।।आरुरोह नगश्रेष्ठं महेन्द्रमरिमर्दनः।वृतं नानाविधैः वृक्षैर्मृगसेवितशाद्वलम्।।4.67.41।।लताकुसुमसम्बाधं नित्यपुष्पफलद्रुमम्।सिंहशार्दूलचरितं मत्तमातङ्गसेवितम्।।4.67.42।।मत्तद्विजगणोद्घुष्टं सलिलोत्पीडसङ्कुलम्।
latākusumasambādhaṃ nityapuṣpaphaladrumam |
siṃhaśārdūlacaritaṃ mattamātaṅgasevitam || 4.67.42 ||
mattadvijagaṇodghuṣṭaṃ salilotpīḍasaṅkulam |
That mountain was dense with creepers and blossoms, with trees ever bearing flowers and fruits; it was a range where lions and tigers roamed, frequented by rutting elephants—resounding with the cries of flocks of exhilarated birds, and crowded with the spray and rush of cascading waters.
The son of Maruta, who was as eminent as the Windgod, the crusher of enemies ascended the great mountain Mahendra, full of grassland inhabited by deer, thickly grown with various trees and creepers full of fragrant flowers and fruits, where roam lions and tigers and proud elephants, a place that echoes with sounds of intoxicated birds and waterfalls.
By portraying Mahendra as a formidable yet life-filled landscape, the verse frames Hanuman’s ascent as a purposeful, disciplined movement toward a righteous mission—service to Rama and the search for Sita—showing dharma as action undertaken with steadiness amid danger.
Satya appears as faithful narration: the text presents the terrain as it is—dense, wild, and powerful—without embellishing the moral stakes; this truthful depiction supports the ethical clarity of the mission by grounding it in reality.