Shloka 4
बालकाण्डे एकविंशः सर्गः
Daśaratha’s Promise, Vasiṣṭha’s Counsel, and Viśvāmitra’s Weapon-Lore
तस्य रोषपरीतस्य विश्वामित्रस्य धीमत:।चचाल वसुधा कृत्स्ना विवेश च भयं सुरान्।।।।
tasya roṣa-parītasya viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ |
cacāla vasudhā kṛtsnā viveśa ca bhayaṃ surān ||
उस बुद्धिमान् विश्वामित्र के क्रोध से आवृत होते ही समस्त पृथ्वी काँप उठी और देवताओं के हृदय में भय समा गया॥
FAQs
Moral power (tapas/tejas) has cosmic weight. When dharma is threatened—here by a broken promise—the disturbance is portrayed as affecting the entire order of the world.
Viśvāmitra’s anger rises at Daśaratha’s reluctance, and the narrative marks this as a world-shaking event.
The formidable spiritual potency of a rishi—self-earned through discipline—capable of compelling even the gods to fear.