Valmiki Ramayana 1.18.54: Bala Kanda, Sarga 18, Shloka 54
पुत्रजन्मोत्सवः · Birth of the Princes and Viśvāmitra’s Arrival
Bālakāṇḍa 18
तदद्भुतमिदं ब्रह्मन्पवित्रं परमं मम ।
शुभक्षेत्रगतश्चाहं तव सन्दर्शनात्प्रभो ॥५४॥
tad adbhutam idaṃ brahman pavitraṃ paramaṃ mama |
śubhakṣetragataś cāhaṃ tava sandarśanāt prabho ||54||
हे ब्राह्मण, यह मेरे लिए बहुत खास बात है। तुम्हे देख के ऐसा लग रहा है जैसे मैं किसी बड़े तीर्थ स्थल पर गया हो। मेरा मन बिलकुल साफ हो गया है।
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.
FAQs
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.
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