Valmiki Ramayana 5.10.38 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 10, Shloka 38
रावणान्तःपुरे शयनदर्शनम्
Hanumān Observes Rāvaṇa’s Inner Apartments and Sleeping Court
अन्या कक्षगतेनैव मड्डुकेनासितेक्षणा।प्रसुप्ता भामिनी भाति बालपुत्रेव वत्सला।।।।
anyā kakṣagatenaiva maḍḍukena asitekṣaṇā |
prasuptā bhāminī bhāti bālaputreva vatsalā ||
Lại có một giai nhân mắt đen, kẹp chiếc trống maḍḍuka nơi nách mà ngủ; nàng rạng ngời như người mẹ hiền ôm đứa con thơ trong lòng.
A woman with dark eyes asleep with a drum placed in her arm-pit looked like a beautiful mother holding her loving baby (the drum was hung to her arm with a rope).
FAQs
Dharma here is conveyed through the observer’s ethical gaze: even amid sensual or worldly settings, the righteous agent (Hanumān) maintains respectful distance and mental purity.
Hanumān, moving through Rāvaṇa’s inner apartments in Laṅkā, notices sleeping women with musical instruments; one holds a drum like a mother cradling a child.
Mission-centered vigilance (apramāda) and moral restraint (saṃyama) in Hanumān’s conduct.
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