Shloka 17
मधुवनभङ्गः
The Disruption of Madhuvana and Dadhimukha’s Complaint
हनूमता दत्तवरैर्हतं मधुवनं बलात्।वयं च जानुभिः कृष्टा देवमार्गं च दर्शिताः।।5.62.17।।
hanūmatā dattavarair hataṃ madhuvanaṃ balāt | vayaṃ ca jānubhiḥ kṛṣṭā devamārgaṃ ca darśitāḥ ||5.62.17||
ഹനുമാന്റെ അനുവാദത്തോടെ അവർ ബലമായി മധുവനത്തെ തകർത്തു; ഞങ്ങളെയും മുട്ടുകാലുകളിൽ വലിച്ചിഴച്ച് കൊണ്ടുപോയി അശ്ലീല പ്രദർശനത്തിന് വിധേയരാക്കി.
Permitted by Hanuman (to enter Madhuvanam and drink), they dragged one another forcefully tossed up on their knees showing their private parts.
FAQs
Permission from a leader does not justify adharmic excess; authority must be exercised with accountability and within moral limits.
The guards explain to Dadhimukha that the vānaras claim authorization connected with Hanumān and have both damaged the grove and insulted the watchmen.
Accountability in leadership is implicitly emphasized: actions done ‘under permission’ still bear moral responsibility.