Ramayana — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 55, Shloka 11
लङ्कादाहानन्तरचिन्ता
Hanuman’s Post-Conflagration Self-Examination and Assurance of Sita’s Safety
विनष्टा जानकी नूनं न ह्यदग्धः प्रदृश्यते।लङ्कायां कश्चिदुद्धेशस्सर्वा भस्मीकृता पुरी।।।।
vinaṣṭā jānakī nūnaṃ na hy adagdhaḥ pradṛśyate |
laṅkāyāṃ kaścid uddeśaḥ sarvā bhasmīkṛtā purī ||
یقیناً جانکی نَشٹ ہو گئی ہوگی؛ کیونکہ لَنکا میں کوئی جگہ بھی ایسی دکھائی نہیں دیتی جو نہ جلی ہو—ساری پوری راکھ ہو چکی ہے۔
'Surely Janaki has perished in Lanka, for not even a little place is left unburnt. The entire city is reduced to ashes.
FAQs
Non-harm and moral responsibility: even justified aggression becomes adharma if it endangers the innocent; Hanumān’s fear reflects this ethical awareness.
Surveying the city-wide blaze, Hanumān momentarily concludes that Sītā may have been consumed by the fire.
Empathy and accountability: his first concern is not victory but Sītā’s safety.