Valmiki Ramayana 5.5.11 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 5, Shloka 11
चन्द्रप्रकाशे लङ्कानिरीक्षणम्
Moonlit Survey of Lanka and the Unfound Sita
परस्परं चाधिकमाक्षिपन्ति भुजांश्च पीनानधिकं क्षिपन्ति।मत्तप्रलापानधिकं क्षिपन्ति मत्तानि चान्योन्यमधिक्षिपन्ति।।5.5.11।।
parasparaṁ cādhikam ākṣipanti bhujāṁś ca pīnān adhikaṁ kṣipanti |mattapralāpān adhikaṁ kṣipanti mattāni cānyonyam adhikṣipanti ||5.5.11||
മദ്യമത്തതയിൽ അവർ പരസ്പരം കടുപ്പത്തോടെ പരിഹസിച്ചു; തങ്ങളുടെ പുഷ്ടമായ ഭുജങ്ങൾ അതിരുകടന്ന് വീശി, മദോന്മത്ത പ്രലാപങ്ങളിൽ മുഴുകി, ലഹരിയിൽ ഒരുത്തൻ മറ്റൊരുത്തനെ അധികമായി അപമാനിച്ചു.
The intoxicated demons were quarrelling, ridiculing one another bitterly and wildly throwing their stout arms on one another, indulging in incoherent talk, uttering vulgar words.
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Dharma requires restraint in speech and conduct; intoxication leads to loss of satya (truthful, measured speech) and to हिंसा/hostility, shown here as mutual abuse.
Hanumān witnesses rākṣasas in their revelry, behaving violently and abusively toward one another.
By contrast, Hanumān’s composure and self-control are highlighted: he observes without being drawn into the chaos.
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