M2:1934 — بانگ مظلومان ز هرجا بشنوند / آن طرف چون رحمت حق می‌دوند

This couplet generalizes the specific act that opens the story—a heroic man rushing to save a bear from a dragon. Rumi elevates this impulse into a defining characteristic of the shīrmardān, the 'lion-men' or spiritual champions. Their action is not a calculated choice but a reflex, as natural and immediate as divine mercy itself.

The imagery compares their movement to the movement of God's own compassion (raḥmat-e ḥaqq). In the verses that follow, Rumi expands on this idea: just as water naturally flows to the lowest ground, these figures are irresistibly drawn to any place of pain or injustice. They don't act for reward or personal gain but are moved solely by the existence of suffering. Their intervention is an embodiment of a cosmic principle where help is the inherent counterpart to need.