Shloka 15
कौशल्याया मङ्गलविधानम्
Kausalya’s Benedictions and Protective Rites for Rama
ऋतवश्चैव षट्पुण्या मासास्संवत्सरास्तथा।कलाश्च काष्ठाश्च तथा तव शर्म दिशन्तु ते।।2.25.15।।
ṛtavaś caiva ṣaṭ-puṇyā māsāḥ saṃvatsarās tathā |
kalāś ca kāṣṭhāś ca tathā tava śarma diśantu te || 2.25.15 ||
Mögen die sechs glückverheißenden Jahreszeiten, die Monate und die Jahre, ja selbst die feinsten Zeitmaße —kalā und kāṣṭhā— dir Wohlergehen schenken.
May all the six pious seasons, months, years, kala and kashta contribute to your well-being!
FAQs
Dharma is sustained through time: the blessing implies that righteous living is not momentary but maintained across seasons, years, and even the smallest instants.
The speaker extends protection into the dimension of time itself, wishing Rāma welfare throughout the long duration of exile.
Perseverance: the capacity to keep dharma and truth intact not only in crisis, but over prolonged periods.