Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 56, Shloka 29
चित्रकूटगमनम् तथा पर्णशालाप्रवेशः
Arrival at Chitrakuta and Establishing the Leaf-Hut
राम: स्नात्वा तु नियतो गुणवान् जप्यकोविदः।सङ्ग्रहेणाकरोत् स्रवार्न मन्त्रान् सत्रावसानिकान्।।।।
rāmaḥ snātvā tu niyato guṇavān japyakovidaḥ | saṅgraheṇākarot sarvān mantrān satrāvasānikān ||
ラーマは、徳高く自制にすぐれ、真言誦持に通じたお方である。沐浴して身を整え、心を鎮め、儀礼の成就にふさわしい一切の真言を簡潔に唱えた。
Virtuous Rama, who was an expert in the recitation of mantras, took his bath and his mind controlled, intoned briefly all the mantras appropriate to the completion of the ritual.
FAQs
Dharma is inner and outer purity: bathing, restraint, and correct speech (mantra) show that sacred duty requires self-discipline, not mere action.
Rāma prepares himself ritually and completes the worship by uttering the concluding mantras.
Rāma’s self-control and spiritual competence—he unites ethical restraint with ritual knowledge.