Shloka 9
लङ्कादाहानन्तरचिन्ता
Hanuman’s Post-Conflagration Self-Examination and Assurance of Sita’s Safety
यदर्थमयमारम्भस्तत्कार्यमवसादितम्।मया हि दहता लङ्कां न सीता परिरक्षिता।।।।
yadartham ayam ārambhas tat kāryam avasāditam | mayā hi dahatā laṅkāṁ na sītā parirakṣitā ||
यदर्थमयमारम्भस्तत्कार्यमवसादितम्। मया हि दहता लङ्कां न सीता परिरक्षिता॥
'My very mission is foiled. Sita has not been protected by me for no part of Lanka has escaped unburnt.
FAQs
Dharma warns that right ends require right means: achieving a goal cannot justify actions that endanger the very person one is duty-bound to protect.
Hanumān assesses his actions and fears that burning Laṅkā may have compromised Sītā’s safety, thus undermining the mission’s central aim.
Prioritization of duty: Hanumān recognizes that protecting Sītā outweighs all other achievements.