Shloka 3
रावण-प्रहस्त-हनूमद्वार्ता
Ravana and Prahasta Question Hanuman
किमेष भगवान्नन्दी भवेत्साक्षादिहागतः।।5.50.2।।येन शप्तोऽस्मि कैलासे मया सञ्चालिते पुरा।सोऽयं वानरमूर्तिस्स्यात्किंस्विद्बाणो महाऽसुरः।।5.50.3।।
kim eṣa bhagavān nandī bhavet sākṣād ihāgataḥ || 5.50.2 ||
yena śapto ’smi kailāse mayā sañcālite purā |
so ’yaṃ vānarāmūrtiḥ syāt kiṃsvid bāṇo mahāsuraḥ || 5.50.3 ||
ຫຼືວ່ານີ້ແມ່ນພຣະນັນທິນຜູ້ນ່າເຄົາລົບ ມາຮອດນີ້ໂດຍພຣະອົງເອງ—ທ່ານຜູ້ເຄີຍສາບແຊ່ງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າເມື່ອຂ້າພະເຈົ້າເຮັດໃຫ້ເຂົາໄກລາສສັ່ນສະເທືອນ? ທ່ານແປງກາຍເປັນວານອນຫຼື ຫຼືວ່ານີ້ອາດເປັນມະຫາອະສຸຣ ບານະ
The foremost of the vanaras spoke to the lord of ogres in response to the equiries made to him: "I have not come from Indra or Yama or Varuna. I have no friendship with Kubera. I have not been sent by Visnu. By birth I am vanara and I have come here.'
FAQs
Dharma is reinforced through the idea of accountability: remembered curses symbolize the moral order that restrains pride and violence.
This is the same thought as the previous verse, preserved with Southern Recension verse numbering; Rāvaṇa speculates about Hanumān’s true identity.
Discernment is attempted but clouded by fear and ego; the verse indirectly teaches the need for humility and truthful self-assessment.