Shloka 23
अङ्गदस्य प्रायोपवेशननिश्चयः
Angada’s Resolve to Fast unto Death
स संविशद्भिबहुभिर्महीधरोमहाद्रिकूटप्रतिमैः प्लवङ्गमैः।बभूव सन्नादितनिर्दरान्तरोभृशं नदद्भिर्जलदैरिवोल्बणैः।।।।
sa saṁviśadbhir bahubhir mahīdharo mahādrikūṭa-pratimaiḥ plavaṅgamaiḥ |
babhūva sannādita-nirdarāntaro bhṛśaṁ nadadbhir jaladair ivolbaṇaiḥ ||
Nang magsihiga roon ang maraming unggoy, dambuhala na wari’y tuktok ng bundok, at magsiungalngal, umalingawngaw sa mga yungib at bitak ng bundok ang kanilang dagundong, na gaya ng kulog ng mababangis na ulap-bagyo.
'He usurped his elder brother's queen, while he was still alive. It is morally abominable since an elder brother's wife is like a mother. How can a person who blocks the entrance of a cave while his noble brother is engaged in fighting inside be treated as righteous?
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Though primarily poetic, it frames the moral crisis: collective despair becomes a force of nature, underscoring how dharma-failure (real or feared) shakes the community.
The sarga concludes with a vivid description of the monkeys’ loud lament as they lie down to undertake the fast.
Not a single virtue, but the intensity of communal emotion—lament and resolve—rendered through epic imagery.