Shloka 19
तस्य ते सैनिका राजंश्चक्रुस्तत्रानयात् बहून् । ततस्तु भगवान् विप्रो वसिष्ठो55श्रममभ्ययात्,राजन! उनके उन सैनिकोंने वहाँ बहुत-से अन्याय एवं अत्याचार किये। तदनन्तर पूज्य ब्रह्मर्षि वसिष्ठ कहींसे अपने आश्रमपर आये
tasya te sainikā rājan cakrus tatrānayāt bahūn | tatas tu bhagavān vipro vasiṣṭho ’śramam abhyayāt ||
O King, his soldiers committed many acts of injustice and oppression there. Then the venerable brahmarṣi Vasiṣṭha, that holy sage, arrived at his hermitage—setting the stage for moral reckoning after wrongdoing.
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical collapse that occurs when armed power acts without restraint—‘anaya’ (injustice) leading to oppression—and contrasts it with the arrival of a revered sage, implying that dharma and moral authority ultimately confront wrongdoing.
The narrator states that certain soldiers committed many injustices at a location. Immediately afterward, the sage Vasiṣṭha arrives at his hermitage, signaling a turning point where the consequences of those misdeeds may be addressed.