Shloka 7
दधिमुख
विज्ञापनम् / Dadhimukha Reports the Madhuvana Incident
इमे हि संरब्धतरास्तथा तैस्सम्प्रधर्षिताः।वारयन्तो वनात्तस्मात्क्रुद्धैर्वानरपुङ्गवैः।।।।
ime hi saṅrabdhatarās tathā tais sampradharṣitāḥ | vārayanto vanāt tasmāt kruddhair vānarapuṅgavaiḥ ||
Quando os guardas tentaram detê-los e expulsá-los daquele bosque, os principais vānaras—já mais inflamados de ira e sentindo-se ultrajados—reagiram com fúria e passaram a hostilizar os guardas.
"When the guards asked the vanaras to leave the garden the enraged vanaras misbehaved with them.
FAQs
Dharma includes restraint and respect for boundaries; anger and a sense of insult can lead to adharma when one responds by harming those performing their duty (the guards).
In Madhuvana, guards attempt to stop the Vānara party from continuing; the Vānara leaders, provoked, retaliate aggressively.
By contrast (through the negative example), the virtue emphasized is self-control (dama) and honoring rightful authority and property.