Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 65, Shloka 7
विश्वामित्रस्य ब्राह्मर्षित्वप्राप्तिः
Viśvāmitra Attains Brahmarṣi Status
तस्मै दत्वा तदा सिद्धं सर्वं विप्राय निश्चित:।निश्शेषितेऽन्ने भगवानभुक्तैव महातपा:।।1.65.6।।न किञ्चिदवदद्विप्रं मौनव्रतमुपस्थित:।अथ वर्षसहस्रं वै नोच्छ्वसन्मुनिपुङ्गव:।।1.65.7।।
tasmai datvā tadā siddhaṃ sarvaṃ viprāya niścitaḥ |
niḥśeṣite 'nne bhagavān abhuktaiva mahātapāḥ || (1.65.6)
na kiñcid avadad vipraṃ maunavratam upasthitaḥ |
atha varṣasahasraṃ vai nocchvasan munipuṅgavaḥ || (1.65.7)
দৃঢ়প্রতিজ্ঞ হয়ে তিনি সেই ব্রাহ্মণকে সমস্ত সিদ্ধ অন্ন দান করলেন। অন্ন সম্পূর্ণ নিঃশেষ হলে মহাতপস্বী নিজে অনাহারেই রইলেন। মৌনব্রতে স্থিত থেকে তিনি কিছুই বললেন না; তারপর মুনিশ্রেষ্ঠ নিশ্বাস সংযম করে আরও এক সহস্র বছর তপস্যা চালিয়ে গেলেন॥
This mighty, adorable ascetic having adopted a vow of silence decided to give all the cooked rice to the Brahmin. The brahmin finished all the rice. Viswamitra went without food but did not utter a single word to the brahmin. Thereafter the distinguished ascetic practised austerities for another period of thousand years, his breath suspended.
FAQs
Dharma is shown as non-reactive righteousness: giving is completed fully, and speech is restrained so that tapas is not broken by resentment.
A restatement of Viśvāmitra’s complete gift, hunger, silence, and continued austerity with suspended breath.
Ahiṃsā through speech-control (vāg-dama): refusing to harm with words even when wronged or tested.