बालकाण्ड ५६: विश्वामित्र–वसिष्ठ अस्त्रसंघर्षः
Visvamitra and Vasistha: Contest of Divine Weapons
क्व च ते क्षत्रियबलं क्व च ब्रह्मबलं महत्।पश्य ब्रह्मबलं दिव्यं मम क्षत्रियपांसन।।।।
kva ca te kṣatriyabalaṃ kva ca brahmabalaṃ mahat |
paśya brahmabalaṃ divyaṃ mama kṣatriyapāṃsana ||
कहाँ तुम्हारा क्षत्रिय-बल, और कहाँ ब्रह्म-बल की महिमा? हे क्षत्रियाधम, मेरे दिव्य ब्रह्म-बल को देखो।
'O Brahman! great ascetic Viswamitra was controlled by you. O Best of ascetics! bepleased and let the worlds be delivered from distress'.
Dharma elevates inner discipline (tapas and brahma-tejas) above dominance through violence; true authority is rooted in restraint and righteousness.
Vasiṣṭha asserts the superiority of brahma-power over warrior force as the duel escalates.
The supremacy of ascetic discipline (tapas) as a moral and spiritual power, not merely a display of force.