Shloka 8
सुतीक्ष्णाश्रमप्रवेशः
Entry into Sutikshna’s Hermitage
स्वागतं ते रघुश्रेष्ठ राम सत्यभृतां वर।आश्रमोऽयं त्वयाक्रान्तस्सनाथ इव साम्प्रतम्।।3.7.8।।
svāgataṃ te raghuśreṣṭha rāma satyabhṛtāṃ vara | āśramo ’yaṃ tvayākrāntaḥ sanātha iva sāmpratam || 3.7.8 ||
સ્વાગત છે તમારું, હે રઘુશ્રેષ્ઠ રામ, સત્યધર્મ ધારણ કરનારામાં શ્રેષ્ઠ! તમારા આગમનથી આ આશ્રમ હવે જાણે રક્ષક પ્રાપ્ત કરીને સનાથ થયો છે.
O Rama, the best among the Raghavas and among the upholders of truth, you are welcome. With your presence this hermitage will have a protector now.
FAQs
Dharma is expressed as honoring the truthful and righteous, and recognizing the kingly duty of protection (rakṣaṇa) embodied by Rāma even while he lives as an exile.
A sage at a hermitage welcomes Rāma and acknowledges that Rāma’s presence makes the āśrama feel safeguarded.
Satya (truthfulness) and protective leadership—Rāma is praised as foremost among truth-upholders and as a natural guardian to the vulnerable.