Shloka 5.41.2
प्रमदावनविध्वंसः | The Devastation of the Pleasure-Garden (Ashoka Vatika)
अल्पशेषमिदं कार्यं दृष्टेयमसितेक्षणा।त्रीनुपायानतिक्रम्य चतुर्थ: इह विद्यते।।5.41.2।।
latāgṛhaiś citragṛhaiś ca nāśitair mahōragair vyāla-mṛgaiś ca nirdhutaiḥ |
śilāgṛhair unmathitais tathā gṛhaiḥ praṇaṣṭa-rūpaṃ tad abhūn mahad vanam ||
That great grove was left disfigured: its vine-arbours and painted pavilions were ruined; great serpents and wild beasts were driven out in confusion; and its stone-houses and other structures were scattered and wrecked.
The verse illustrates impermanence of ill-gotten splendor: structures of pleasure built around adharma are easily undone when dharma’s agent arrives.
The narrator catalogs the wreckage—pavilions, arbours, and even the displacement of animals—showing the scale of Hanumān’s impact.
Power coupled with fearlessness—Hanumān’s ability to disrupt an entire royal pleasure-complex.