पुत्रजन्मोत्सवः — Birth of the Princes and Viśvāmitra’s Arrival
Bālakāṇḍa 18
तदद्भुतमिदं ब्रह्मन्पवित्रं परमं मम।शुभक्षेत्रगतश्चाहं तव सन्दर्शनात्प्रभो।।।।
tad adbhutam idaṃ brahman pavitraṃ paramaṃ mama | śubhakṣetragataś cāhaṃ tava sandarśanāt prabho ||
हे ब्राह्मण! यह मेरे लिए अद्भुत और परम पावन है। हे प्रभो! आपके दर्शन से मैं मानो शुभ तीर्थ-क्षेत्र में पहुँचा हुआ हूँ॥
O Brahman! your arrival has caused surprise to me. It has conferred great purity on me. O Lord! by your very presence here, I feel I haved acquired the merits of a pilgrimage.
Satsaṅga (association with the righteous) is itself purifying; honoring and seeking the presence of the virtuous is a dharmic act.
Daśaratha declares that Viśvāmitra’s presence sanctifies him like a pilgrimage.
Faith and reverence—Daśaratha treats spiritual presence as transformative.