Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 32, Shloka 15
कुशवंशवर्णनम्
The Line of Kuśa and the Disfigurement of Kuśanābha’s Daughters by Vāyu
तास्सर्वगुणसम्पन्ना रूपयौवनसंयुता:।दृष्ट्वा सर्वात्मको वायुरिदं वचनमब्रवीत्।।।।
tāḥ sarvaguṇasampannā rūpayauvanasaṃyutāḥ |
dṛṣṭvā sarvātmakō vāyur idaṃ vacanam abravīt || 1.32.15 ||
Les voyant, comblées de toutes les qualités, unies à la beauté et à la jeunesse, Vāyu, l’Omniprésent, leur adressa ces paroles.
I request you all to be my wives. You will leave this feeling of mortality and attain along life.
FAQs
The verse prepares a moral examination: power and divinity (Vāyu) do not automatically confer moral entitlement; speech and desire must align with dharma, which will be contested in the next verses.
Vāyu sees the hundred maidens and begins addressing them, initiating the conflict.
The maidens are explicitly described as sarvaguṇasampannāḥ—possessing virtues—setting up their later principled response.
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