Shloka 140
तस्य साहाय्यमस्माभिः कार्यं सर्वात्मना त्विह।तेन प्रस्थापितस्तुभ्यं समीपमिह धर्मतः।।।।
tasya sāhāyyam asmābhiḥ kāryaṃ sarvātmanā tv iha | tena prasthāpitas tubhyaṃ samīpam iha dharmataḥ ||
तस्मात् अस्माभिः सर्वात्मना अत्रैव तस्य साहाय्यं कर्तव्यम्। तेन हेतुनाऽहं धर्मतः सम्यक् प्रस्थापितः, तव समीपमिहागतः।।
'We too have to help him in this task. So a message is sent to you on righteous grounds.
FAQs
Righteous assistance and lawful diplomacy: Hanumān grounds his embassy in dharma—helping the wronged and approaching even an enemy through proper envoy conduct.
Hanumān explains why he has come to Rāvaṇa: as part of the vānara alliance’s duty to assist Rāma.
Duty-bound service: acting not from personal impulse but from a dharmic mission and collective responsibility.