Valmiki Ramayana 1.55.19: Bala Kanda, Sarga 55, Shloka 19
कामधेनुसैन्यप्रादुर्भावः · Kamadhenu’s Forces, Visvamitra’s Austerities, and Vasishta’s Wrath
प्राप्य चास्त्राणि राजर्षिर्विश्वामित्रो महाबलः ।
दर्पेण महता युक्तो दर्पपूर्णोऽभवत्तदा ॥१९॥
prāpya cāstrāṇi rājarṣir viśvāmitro mahābalaḥ |
darbeṇa mahatā yukto darpapūrṇo ’bhavat tadā ||19||
विश्वामित्र राजा रिशि था, बहुत ताकत वाला। उसने वो सब अस्त्र पा लिए। फिर उसका दिमाग फिर गया। अपनी ताकत पर इतना गरूर किया कि उसमें सिर्फ अहंकार भर गया।
Rajarshi Viswamitra endowed with supreme power became very haughty. Having obtained the weapons, his insolence was greatly accentuated.
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Power without humility becomes adharma: acquiring great means (weapons) must be governed by self-restraint, otherwise pride leads to harm.
Viśvāmitra has gained powerful astras and, intoxicated by that gain, becomes overconfident—setting up his attack on Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage.
The verse highlights the absence of humility (vinaya) and restraint; it implicitly upholds humility as the needed virtue alongside strength.
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