Shloka 4
न धारये कोपमुदीर्णवेगंनिहन्मि सुग्रीवमसत्यमद्य।हरिप्रवीरैस्सह वालिपुत्रोनरेन्द्रपत्न्या विचयं करोतु।।
na dhārayē kōpam udīrṇa-vēgaṃ nihanmi sugrīvam asatyam adya | haripravīraiḥ saha vāliputro narēndrapatnyā vicayaṃ karotu ||
ಉದ್ಭವಿಸಿದ ವೇಗದ ಕ್ರೋಧವನ್ನು ನಾನು ತಡೆಯಲಾರೆ; ಇಂದು ಆ ಅಸತ್ಯವಾದಿ ಸುಗ್ರೀವನನ್ನು ನಾನು ಸಂಹರಿಸುವೆ. ವಾಲಿಪುತ್ರ ಅಂಗದನು ಹರಿಪ್ರವೀರರೊಂದಿಗೆ ನರೆಂದ್ರಪತ್ನಿ ಸೀತಾದೇವಿಯ ವಿಚಾರ-ಶೋಧವನ್ನು ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿ.
'I cannot hold my overflowing anger. I shall kill this untruthful Sugriva. Let Vali's son along with the foremost of monkeys search for the queen (Sita).'
FAQs
Dharma here is framed as fidelity to one’s pledged duty and truthfulness: breaking a promise (asatya) invites moral and political consequences. The verse also warns that righteous aims can be endangered when anger is not restrained.
After Sugrīva delays the promised search for Sītā, Lakṣmaṇa’s patience breaks; he resolves to punish Sugrīva and proposes that Aṅgada and the leading monkeys continue the search.
Commitment to truth and accountability in leadership is emphasized (Satya and rājadharma), alongside Lakṣmaṇa’s fierce loyalty—though tempered by the cautionary presence of uncontrolled anger.