Shloka 18
बालकाण्ड ५६: विश्वामित्र–वसिष्ठ अस्त्रसंघर्षः
Visvamitra and Vasistha: Contest of Divine Weapons
रोमकूपेषु सर्वेषु वसिष्ठस्य महात्मन:।मरीच्य इव निष्पेतुरग्नेर्धूमाकुलार्चिष:।।।।
romakūpeṣu sarveṣu vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ | marīcya iva niṣpetur agner dhūmākulārciṣaḥ || 1.56.18 ||
महात्मा वसिष्ठ के समस्त रोमकूपों से धुएँ से आवृत अग्निशिखाएँ प्रकाश-किरणों की भाँति फूट पड़ीं।
The staff of Brahma in Vasishta's hand, resembling smokeless fire at the end of the dissolution of the worlds inflamed like another rod of death.
FAQs
Inner discipline (tapas) generates transformative ‘tejas’; the imagery teaches that moral-spiritual force is not merely symbolic but is treated as a real power that upholds order.
As Vasiṣṭha absorbs the Brahmāstra, his tejas becomes visibly manifest as fiery radiance erupting from his body.
Tapas (austerity) and spiritual luminosity—power earned through disciplined practice rather than aggression.