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Shloka 5.59.8

हनूमद्वृत्तान्तः—वानरबलप्रशंसा च (Hanuman’s Report and Praise of the Vanara Host)

किं पुन स्सहितो वीरैर्बलवद्भिः कृतात्मभिः।कृतास्त्रै: प्लवगैश्शूरैर्भवद्भिविजयैषिभिः।।।।

kiṃ punaḥ sahito vīrair balavadbhiḥ kṛtātmabhiḥ |

kṛtāstraiḥ plavagaiḥ śūrair bhavadbhir vijayaiṣibhiḥ ||5.59.8||

How much more, then, when I am accompanied by heroes like you—strong, disciplined, skilled in weapons, and eager for victory?

"When strong, wise and accomplished persons are there with me desiring victory why speak again?

P
plavagas (vānaras)

Dharma is shown as shared responsibility: righteous aims are strengthened when pursued by a disciplined community of capable allies, not by ego-driven solitary action.

The speaker argues that if he alone could accomplish destruction, then with the support of the assembled heroic vānaras victory would be even more certain.

Team-oriented valor and respect for disciplined allies (kṛtātmatā—self-mastery—as a key warrior virtue).