Ramayana — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 30, Shloka 14
हनुमता सीतासंवादोपायचिन्ता
Hanuman’s Deliberation on How to Address Sita
सीतासन्देशरहितं मामितस्त्वरयाऽगतम्।निर्दहेदपि काकुत्स्य क्रुद्धस्तीव्रेण चक्षुषा।।।।
sītāsandeśarahitaṃ māmitastvarayā gatam |
nirdahēdapi kākutsya kruddhastīvreṇa cakṣuṣā || 5.30.14 ||
もし私がここを去り、シーターの伝言も得ぬまま急いで戻れば、怒れるカクッツタの御子は、その鋭い眼差しの烈火で私を焼き尽くすであろう。
"If I leave this place without any message from Sita, Rama will burn me with his eyes full of great anger.
FAQs
Dharma entails accountability to one’s entrusted mission: returning without the required truth-bearing message would be a failure of duty, and Hanumān recognizes the moral seriousness of such negligence.
Hanumān weighs the consequences of returning to Rāma without Sītā’s message and resolves that he must secure direct communication with her.
Responsibility under pressure: Hanumān does not seek the easiest exit; he commits to completing the task fully.