Ramayana — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 63, Shloka 16
दधिमुख
विज्ञापनम् / Dadhimukha Reports the Madhuvana Incident
नैषामकृत्यानामीदृशस्स्यादुपक्रमः।।5.63.15।।आगतैश्च प्रमथितं यथा मधुवनं हि तैः।धर्षितं च वनं कृत्स्नमुपयुक्तं च वानरैः।।5.63.16।।
āgataiś ca pramathitaṃ yathā madhuvanaṃ hi taiḥ | dharṣitaṃ ca vanaṃ kṛtsnam upayuktaṃ ca vānaraiḥ ||
เหล่าวานรเหล่านั้นเมื่อกลับมาแล้ว ได้บุกปั่นป่วนมธุวนะจริงดังว่า ทั้งพงไพรถูกรุกรานทั่วสิ้น และถูกพวกวานรใช้เสพตามใจ—กระนั้นความห้าวหาญของพวกเขาก็พอเข้าใจได้
"If they have trespassed into the garden that way, they might have done their duty. No doubt, Hanuman alone among them might have seen Sita.
FAQs
Dharma involves proportional judgment: even when an act appears blameworthy, its context (mission accomplished, relief after hardship) may explain it without denying norms.
News arrives that the returning vānaras have damaged Madhuvana; Lakṣmaṇa interprets this as a sign of success rather than failure.
Balanced discernment—Lakṣmaṇa neither excuses wrongdoing blindly nor ignores the larger righteous goal.