Shloka 5.43.4

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

Devanagari script

आरुह्य गिरिसङ्काशं प्रासादं हरियूथपः।बभौ स सुमहातेजाः प्रतिसूर्य इवोदितः।।।।

Transliteration

na iyam asti purī laṅkā na yūyaṃ na ca rāvaṇaḥ |

yasmād ikṣvāku-nāthena baddhaṃ vairaṃ mahātmanā ||5.43.25||

Translation

Neither will this city of Laṅkā remain, nor will you, nor even Rāvaṇa—since a great-souled lord of the Ikṣvāku line has bound this enmity in a righteous cause.

Context

The powerful vanara leader climbed the tall, palatial building which resembled a mountain. He looked like another Sun, just risen.

Characters & Entities

• Laṅkā
• Rāvaṇa
• Ikṣvāku-nātha (Rāma, implied)
• Hanumān

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Satya and moral causality: Hanumān declares the inevitable downfall that follows when one provokes a dharmic sovereign (Rāma) through grave injustice.

What is the narrative situation?

Concluding his aerial proclamation, Hanumān warns that Laṅkā and Rāvaṇa cannot endure after enmity with Rāma has been incurred.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Satya (truthful, fearless speech) and niṣṭhā (unshakable conviction in dharma’s victory).