Shloka 11
प्रमदावनविध्वंसः | The Devastation of the Pleasure-Garden
Ashoka Vatika
इदं विध्वंसयिष्यामि शुष्कं वनमिवानलः।अस्मिन्भग्ने ततः कोपं करिष्यति दशाननः।।।।
idaṃ vidhvaṃsayiṣyāmi śuṣkaṃ vanam ivānalaḥ | asmin bhagne tataḥ kopaṃ kariṣyati daśānanaḥ ||5.41.11||
ഞാൻ ഈ സ്ഥലത്തെ ഉണങ്ങിയ വനത്തെ അഗ്നി ദഹിപ്പിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ തകർത്തുകളയും; ഇത് നശിച്ചാൽ ദശാനനൻ അപ്പോൾ ക്രോധത്തിൽ ഉണരും.
'I will devastate this garden, just as fire destroys a dried up forest. This will enrage Ravana.
FAQs
Dharma here is strategic resistance to adharma: Hanumān plans an action that will draw out the oppressor’s response, enabling a larger righteous objective (Sītā’s rescue and the defeat of tyranny).
After meeting Sītā, Hanumān decides to wreck the garden to force a confrontation and gauge/engage Laṅkā’s defenses.
Hanumān’s fearless initiative coupled with strategic intelligence.