Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 18, Shloka 49
पुत्रजन्मोत्सवः — Birth of the Princes and Viśvāmitra’s Arrival
Bālakāṇḍa 18
यथाऽमृतस्य सम्प्राप्तिर्यथावर्षमनूदके।यथा सदृशदारेषु पुत्रजन्माऽप्रजस्य च ।।।।प्रणष्टस्य यथालाभो यथा हर्षो महोदये।तथैवागमनं मन्ये स्वागतं ते महामुने।।।।
yathāmṛtasya samprāptir yathā varṣam anūdake | yathā sadṛśadāreṣu putrajanmāprajasya ca ||
praṇaṣṭasya yathālābho yathā harṣo mahodaye | tathaivāgamanaṃ manye svāgataṃ te mahāmune ||
Oh gran sabio, bienvenido. Considero tu llegada como la obtención del amrita, como la lluvia sobre tierra reseca, como el nacimiento de un hijo para quien no tenía descendencia por medio de una esposa digna, como el recobro de lo perdido y como el gozo que acompaña a un gran triunfo.
"O great sage, welcome to you! Your arrival, to me, is like nectar (to a human being), rains to the parched land, birth of a son to the childless through his worthy wife, recovery of lost properity and festive joy in a great achievemnt.
FAQs
Dharma is truthful reverence: Daśaratha openly honors virtue and tapas, showing that righteousness includes gratitude and respectful recognition of the holy.
Daśaratha formally welcomes Viśvāmitra and expresses how auspicious and life-giving the sage’s arrival feels to him through a series of similes.
Bhakti and humility in kingship—Daśaratha’s sincere, satya-filled welcome elevates the sage and models ideal royal speech.