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Shloka 4.7.6

काकुत्स्थस्य शोकनिग्रहः—सुग्रीवसान्त्वनम् (Rama’s Grief Restrained—Sugriva’s Consolation)

मयाऽपि व्यसनं प्राप्तं भार्याविरहजं महत्।नाहमेवं हि शोचामि न च धैर्यं परित्यजे।।

nāhaṃ tām anuśocāmi prākṛto vānaro ’pi san | mahātmā ca vinītaś ca kiṃ punar dhṛtimān bhavān ||

Though I am only a common monkey, I do not brood over her. You are high-souled and disciplined—how much more should you, steadfast as you are, refrain from such grief?

'Separated from my wife, I, too, am afflicted with deep grief. But I do not brood, I donot lose patience.

S
Sugrīva
R
Rāma

Maryādā through self-restraint: higher character entails higher responsibility to remain composed and purposeful.

Sugrīva contrasts his own status with Rāma’s nobility to encourage Rāma to rise above debilitating sorrow.

Vinaya (discipline/humility) and dhṛti (steadfastness) as hallmarks of the noble.