Shloka 11
लङ्कादाहानन्तरचिन्ता
Hanuman’s Post-Conflagration Self-Examination and Assurance of Sita’s Safety
विनष्टा जानकी नूनं न ह्यदग्धः प्रदृश्यते।लङ्कायां कश्चिदुद्धेशस्सर्वा भस्मीकृता पुरी।।।।
vinaṣṭā jānakī nūnaṃ na hy adagdhaḥ pradṛśyate |
laṅkāyāṃ kaścid uddeśaḥ sarvā bhasmīkṛtā purī ||
ജാനകി തീർച്ചയായും നശിച്ചിരിക്കണം; കാരണം ലങ്കയിൽ അല്പം പോലും കത്താതെയുള്ള ഒരു സ്ഥലം പോലും കാണുന്നില്ല—മുഴുവൻ നഗരം ചാരമായിരിക്കുന്നു.
'Surely Janaki has perished in Lanka, for not even a little place is left unburnt. The entire city is reduced to ashes.
FAQs
Non-harm and moral responsibility: even justified aggression becomes adharma if it endangers the innocent; Hanumān’s fear reflects this ethical awareness.
Surveying the city-wide blaze, Hanumān momentarily concludes that Sītā may have been consumed by the fire.
Empathy and accountability: his first concern is not victory but Sītā’s safety.