Valmiki Ramayana 1.32.26: Bala Kanda, Sarga 32, Shloka 26
कुशवंशवर्णनम् · The Line of Kuśa and the Disfigurement of Kuśanābha’s Daughters by Vāyu
किमिदं कथ्यतां पुत्र्यः को धर्ममवमन्यते ।
कुब्जाः केन कृताः सर्वा वेष्टन्त्यो नाभिभाषथ ।
एवं राजा विनिश्श्वस्य समाधिं सन्दधे ततः ॥२६॥
kim idaṃ kathyatāṃ putryaḥ ko dharmam avamanyate |
kubjāḥ kena kṛtāḥ sarvā veṣṭantyo nābhibhāṣatha |
evaṃ rājā viniśśvasya samādhiṃ sandadhe tataḥ ||26||
यह क्या हो गया? बेटा, बताओ तो सही। धरम का मज़ाक कौन कर रहा है? तुम सब यह कैसे बड़ी हो गई? तुम मेरे पास खड़ी हो, पर बोल क्यों नहीं रही? राजा ने गहरी साँस ली। फिर उसने अपना दिमाग संभाला।
"O daughters! What has happened? Who has dishonoured virtue? Say it at once. Who has made you hunch-backed? Standing roud me, why are you dumb?" The king heaved a sigh and entered into a state of samadhi.ইত্যার্ষে শ্রীমদ্রামাযণে বাল্মীকীয আদিকাব্যে বালকাণ্ডে দ্বাত্রিংশস্সর্গ:৷৷Thus ends the thirtysecond sarga of Balakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
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Dharma is treated as a public moral order: wrongdoing is framed as “dishonouring dharma,” and the king seeks truth before response, then steadies his mind.
The king questions his injured daughters about who caused their deformation and why they are silent; afterward he gathers himself in samādhi.
Measured judgment and inner discipline: he seeks facts, laments, and then composes his mind rather than acting rashly.
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