Ramayana — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 62, Shloka 12
मधुवनभङ्गः
The Disruption of Madhuvana and Dadhimukha’s Complaint
उन्मत्तभूताः प्लवगा मधुमत्ताश्च हृष्टवत्।क्षिपन्ति च तथान्योन्यं स्खलन्ति च तथाऽपरे।।5.62.12।।
unmattabhūtāḥ plavagā madhumattāś ca hṛṣṭavat |
kṣipanti ca tathānyonyaṃ skhalanti ca tathāpare ||5.62.12||
蜜に酔いしれた跳ね回る猿たちは、歓喜のあまり狂者のごとく振る舞い、ある者は互いに押し合い、またある者はよろめきつつつまずいた。
Intoxicated with drink, some behaved like mad people, some pushed others senselessly and some were unsteady and shaky.
FAQs
Self-mastery protects community: intoxication leads to aggression and instability, harming harmony and inviting rightful correction.
The honey celebration escalates into chaotic behavior—pushing and stumbling—foreshadowing confrontation with the grove’s guardian.
Implicitly, kṣamā and saṃyama (patience and restraint) are presented as necessary counter-virtues to reckless exhilaration.