Valmiki Ramayana 1.1.13: Bala Kanda, Sarga 1, Shloka 13
श्रीमद्रामायणकथासङ्क्षेपः / The Ramayana in Synopsis
Narada’s Summary to Valmiki
प्रजापतिसमश्श्रीमान् धाता रिपुनिषूदनः ।
रक्षिता जीवलोकस्य धर्मस्य परिरक्षिता ॥१३॥
prajāpatisamaḥ śrīmān dhātā ripuniṣūdanaḥ |
rakṣitā jīvalokasya dharmasya parirakṣitā ||13||
राम इतने बड़े थे कि लोग उन्हे प्रजापति जैसा मानते थे। वो दुनिया को चलाते थे और दुश्मनों को खत्म करते थे। सब जीवन की हिफाज़त करते थे और धरम को भी बचा के रखते थे।
Auspicious like Brahma, Sri Rama is the sustainer of this world, destroyer of enemies and protector of all living beings and of the moral code.
FAQs
Dharma is safeguarded through protection: sustaining life and restraining destructive forces are presented as complementary duties of righteous power.
Nārada frames Rāma not only as virtuous personally but as a cosmic-style guardian whose role is to uphold moral order.
Rakṣaṇa (protective guardianship): the capacity to preserve beings and uphold dharma through disciplined strength.
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