Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 2, Shloka 13
द्वितीयः सर्गः — श्लोकप्रादुर्भावः
The Manifestation of the Śloka
तदा तु तं द्विजं दृष्ट्वा निषादेन निपातितम् ।ऋषेर्धर्मात्मनस्तस्य कारुण्यं समपद्यत ।।1.2.13।।
tadā tu taṃ dvijaṃ dṛṣṭvā niṣādena nipātitam |
ṛṣer dharmātmanas tasya kāruṇyaṃ samapadyata ||1.2.13||
នៅពេលនោះ ពេលឃើញបក្សីទ្វិជត្រូវអ្នកប្រមាញ់បាញ់ធ្លាក់ចុះ ព្រះឥសីអ្នកមានធម៌ក្នុងចិត្ត ក៏ពោរពេញដោយករុណា។
Then, having seen the bird struck down by the fowler, the pious sage Valmiki was filled with compassion.
FAQs
True dharma is not cold legality but a righteous disposition that naturally responds with compassion to unjust suffering.
Vālmīki witnesses the killing and internally undergoes a moral-emotional awakening expressed as compassion.
Dharmātmatā—inner righteousness—shown by immediate karuṇā toward the harmed innocent.