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Shloka 5.43.16

चैत्यप्रासाद-विध्वंसः (Destruction of the Chaitya Palace and Hanuman’s Proclamation)

ततो वातात्मजः क्रुद्धो भीम रूपं समास्थितः।।।।प्रासादस्य महन्तस्य स्तम्बं हेमपरिष्कृतम्।उत्पाटयित्वा वेगेन हनुमान्पवनात्मजः।।।।ततस्तं भ्रामयामास शतधारं महाबलः।

tato vātātmajaḥ kruddho bhīma-rūpaṃ samāsthitaḥ |

prāsādasya mahantasya stambhaṃ hema-pariṣkṛtam |

utpāṭayitvā vegena hanumān pavanātmajaḥ |

tatas taṃ bhrāmayām āsa śatadhāraṃ mahābalaḥ ||

Then the Wind’s son, enraged, assumed a terrifying form. Hanumān, the son of Pavana, swiftly tore from the great palace a pillar embellished with gold; and in his mighty strength he began to whirl that many-edged pillar about as a weapon.

Thereupon the infuriated son of the Wind-god, assumed a fearsome form, uprooted a pillar of the palace decked with gold and holding that hundred edged pillar whirled it round swiftly.

H
Hanumān
C
Caitya-prāsāda / palace
G
Golden pillar (hema-pariṣkṛta stambha)

Dharma sometimes requires forceful action against entrenched adharma; Hanumān’s controlled fury becomes an instrument of justice, not personal vengeance.

Surrounded and attacked, Hanumān escalates: he rips out a gold-adorned pillar from the palace and uses it as a rotating bludgeon.

Bala with niścaya (power with resolve): he converts the enemy’s own structure into a tool for breaking their assault.