Shloka 21
स्वयम्प्रभा-विमोचनम् — Svayamprabha Leads the Vanaras Out
Time-Limit Crisis and Counsel
शासनात्कपिराजस्य वयं सर्वे विनिर्गताः।मासः पूर्णो बिलस्थानां हरयः किं न बुद्ध्यते।।।।
śāsanāt kapirājasya vayaṃ sarve vinirgatāḥ | māsaḥ pūrṇo bilasthānāṃ harayaḥ kiṃ na buddhyate ||
奉猴王之命，我们众人出发；而在此洞窟中的诸哈利，整整一月已满——你们难道还不明白吗？
'O monkeys! don't you realize that all of us have come here at the command of the monkey king, and while we were in the cave a whole month has gone by?
FAQs
Dharma is obedience to legitimate authority and fidelity to an assigned mission within its time-bound limits.
Angada reminds the group that they left on Sugriva’s orders and that their cave-delay has consumed an entire month.
Vigilance and candor—Angada confronts the group with the facts of elapsed time.