Valmiki Ramayana 1.66.11: Bala Kanda, Sarga 66, Shloka 11
शिवधनुर्न्यासकथा तथा सीतोत्पत्तिविवाहशुल्क-निश्चयः
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ततो विमनसस्सर्वे देवा वै मुनिपुङ्गव ।
प्रसादयन्ति देवेशं तेषां प्रीतोऽभवद्भवः ॥११॥
tato vimanasas sarve devā vai munipuṅgava |
prasādayanti deveśaṁ teṣāṁ prīto 'bhavad bhavaḥ ||11||
सारे देव लोग परेशान हो गए थे। वो सब मिलकर शिव जी के पास गए। उनसे प्रार्थना की। शिव जी खुश हो गए।
"O Eminent ascetic! thereafter all the gods with agitated minds propitiated lord of the gods, Siva and he was pleased with them.
FAQs
When overwhelmed, one returns to dharma through humility and right approach—seeking reconciliation and grace rather than acting from despair or arrogance.
Janaka recounts a prior divine episode: the gods, troubled, approach Śiva and win his favour.
The gods’ humility and readiness to seek forgiveness/aid through proper supplication.
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