Shloka 5.53.18
लाङ्गूलदाह-पर्यटनम् (The Burning Tail and the Parade through Laṅkā)
शङ्खभेरीनिनादैस्तं घोषयन्तः स्वकर्मभिः।राक्षसाः क्रूरकर्माणश्चारयन्ति स्म तां पुरीम्।।5.53.18।।
śaṅkhabherīninādais taṁ ghoṣayantaḥ svakarmabhiḥ | rākṣasāḥ krūrakarmāṇaś cārayanti sma tāṁ purīm ||5.53.18||
With the blare of conches and the beating of drums, the rākṣasas—cruel in deed—proclaimed their “exploit” and paraded him through that city.
The cruel demons started blowing conches and beating drums. They paraded him in the city announcing their deeds.
Adharma is marked by cruelty and boastful celebration of wrongdoing; true righteousness does not require humiliating captives to inflate one’s pride.
The rākṣasas publicly parade Hanumān through the city with loud instruments, advertising their act as a triumph.
By contrast, Hanumān’s implied dignity under humiliation; and the rākṣasas’ vice of arrogance and cruelty.