Ramayana — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 43, Shloka 11
चैत्यप्रासाद-विध्वंसः
Destruction of the Chaitya Palace and Hanuman’s Proclamation
अर्दयित्वा पुरीं लङ्कामभिवाद्य च मैथिलीम्।समृद्धार्थो गमिष्यामि मिषतां सर्वरक्षसाम्।।।।
ardayitvā purīṃ laṅkām abhivādya ca maithilīm |
samṛddhārtho gamiṣyāmi miṣatāṃ sarva-rakṣasām ||
ランカーの都を打ち砕き、マイティリー（シーター）に礼拝してから、我は目的を成就して去ろう。すべての羅刹はただ見守るほかない。
'I shall return only after accomplishing the destruction of the city of Lanka and offering obeisance to Sita, while all demons keep looking at me'.
FAQs
Dharma as fidelity to duty: Hanumān frames his actions around completing the assigned task—honoring Sītā and advancing Rāma’s cause—rather than mere destruction.
Hanumān declares his intent: he will devastate Laṅkā’s power-structure and then return only after respectfully saluting Sītā.
Bhakti and kṛtajñatā (devoted reverence): even amid violence, he foregrounds respectful obeisance to Sītā.