Shloka 13
शुकवाक्यं (Śuka’s Report on the Vānara Host) / Śuka Describes the Allied Forces to Rāvaṇa
उद्यन्तभास्करंदृष्टवाबालःकिलपिपासितः ।त्रियोजनसहस्रंतुअध्वानमवतीर्यहि ।।6.28.12।।आदित्यमाहरिष्यामिनमेक्षुत्प्रतियास्यति ।इतिसञ्चिन्त्यमनसापुरैषबलदर्पितः ।।6.28.13।।
anādhṛṣyatamaṃ devam api devarṣidānavaiḥ |
anāsādhyaiva patito bhāskarodayane girau ||6.28.14||
Sang dewa, Surya, adalah yang paling tak tersentuh—bahkan oleh para dewa, resi ilahi, dan Dānava. Namun ia jatuh, seakan tak mampu menggapainya, di sebuah gunung dekat arah terbitnya matahari.
When he was a child, on seeing the rising Sun, he travelled three thousand yojanas and said, "I will eat up the Sun otherwise I will not be appeased', being proud of his strength."
FAQs
Dharma includes humility before cosmic order: some realities (like the Sun’s domain) signify limits that demand reverence and restraint.
Continuing the childhood account, Śuka notes that Hanumān could not actually seize the Sun and fell upon a mountain in the east.
Awe-inspiring effort paired with the implicit lesson of limitation—greatness is not the same as omnipotence.