Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 122, Shloka 17
दशरथदर्शनम् — Dasharatha’s Epiphany and Benedictions
Sarga 122
तारितोऽहंत्वयापुत्र सुपुत्रेणमहात्मना ।अष्टावक्रेणधर्मात्माकहोलोब्राह्मणोयथा ।।।।
tārito 'haṃ tvayā putra suputreṇa mahātmanā | aṣṭāvakreṇa dharmātmā kaholo brāhmaṇo yathā ||
পুত্ৰ, মহাত্মা সুপুত্ৰ তোমাৰ দ্বাৰাই মই উদ্ধাৰ পালোঁ; যেনেকৈ ধৰ্মাত্মা ব্ৰাহ্মণ কহোল অষ্টাৱক্ৰৰ দ্বাৰা তৰিত হৈছিল।
"Son! I am liberated by you today, my great son, just as Kahola who was set on righteousness was liberated by Ashtavakra."
FAQs
Dharma is portrayed as spiritually efficacious: a righteous son’s conduct can ‘deliver’ elders from suffering and moral burden.
Daśaratha blesses Rāma and uses a well-known dharma-legend (Aṣṭāvakra–Kahola) to express deliverance and gratitude.
Rāma’s greatness of soul (mahātmatā) and filial righteousness—his dharmic life becomes salvific for his father.