Shloka 13
संपाति
उपदेशः / Sampati Instructed and the Search Mission Foretold
नोत्सहेयमहंकर्तुमध्यैव त्वां सपक्षकम्।इहस्थ स्त्वं तु लोकानां हितं कार्यं करिष्यसि।।4.62.13।।
notsaheyam ahaṃ kartum adhyaiva tvāṃ sa-pakṣakam | iha-sthas tvaṃ tu lokānāṃ hitaṃ kāryaṃ kariṣyasi ||
今すぐに、仲間もろとも汝の翼を戻すことはできぬ。ここに留まれ。ここに留まってこそ、諸世界の利益となる務めを成し遂げるであろう。
'The king of demons, Ravana who is indestructible even by gods and demons will beabducting his wife from Janastahana.
FAQs
Dharma prioritizes lokahita (welfare of the world) over personal gain: power (wings) is withheld so that Sampāti remains positioned to serve a larger righteous purpose.
Sampāti seeks restoration, but the sage delays it, instructing him to stay because his presence there will enable a world-benefiting task tied to Rāma’s mission.
Service-orientation: accepting limitation and remaining where one can be most useful to dharma.