Shloka 41
लङ्कादर्शनं तथा रात्रौ सूक्ष्मरूपेण प्रवेशोपायचिन्तनम्
Vision of Lanka and Strategy for Nocturnal Entry
न विनश्येत्कथं कार्यं वैक्लब्यं न कथं भवेत्।लङ्घनं च समुद्रस्य कथं नु न वृथा भवेत्।।।।
na vinaśyet kathaṃ kāryaṃ vaiklabyaṃ na kathaṃ bhavet | laṅghanaṃ ca samudrasya kathaṃ nu na vṛthā bhavet ||
Làm sao để công việc khỏi hư hoại? Làm sao để ta không rơi vào bối rối, hấp tấp? Và làm sao việc vượt biển này không trở thành uổng công?
'How should the task be performed? How to avoid impetuousness? How can my purpose of crossing the ocean be not wasted?
FAQs
Dharma is purposeful action: effort must be guided by self-control and clarity so that great exertions (like the ocean-crossing) culminate in the intended righteous outcome.
After entering Laṅkā, Hanumān checks himself: success now depends on careful conduct, not merely on having reached the enemy city.
Ātma-saṃyama (self-restraint): he actively guards against impulsiveness that could waste the entire enterprise.