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Shloka 5.5.11

चन्द्रप्रकाशे लङ्कानिरीक्षणम् — Moonlit Survey of Lanka and the Unfound Sita

परस्परं चाधिकमाक्षिपन्ति भुजांश्च पीनानधिकं क्षिपन्ति।मत्तप्रलापानधिकं क्षिपन्ति मत्तानि चान्योन्यमधिक्षिपन्ति।।5.5.11।।

parasparaṁ cādhikam ākṣipanti bhujāṁś ca pīnān adhikaṁ kṣipanti |mattapralāpān adhikaṁ kṣipanti mattāni cānyonyam adhikṣipanti ||5.5.11||

Drunk, they mocked one another harshly; they flung about their thick arms to excess and indulged in drunken babble—each insulting the other in their intoxication.

The intoxicated demons were quarrelling, ridiculing one another bitterly and wildly throwing their stout arms on one another, indulging in incoherent talk, uttering vulgar words.

H
Hanumān
R
Rākṣasas (demons)

Dharma requires restraint in speech and conduct; intoxication leads to loss of satya (truthful, measured speech) and to हिंसा/hostility, shown here as mutual abuse.

Hanumān witnesses rākṣasas in their revelry, behaving violently and abusively toward one another.

By contrast, Hanumān’s composure and self-control are highlighted: he observes without being drawn into the chaos.