Shloka 19
प्राप्य चास्त्राणि राजर्षिर्विश्वामित्रो महाबल:।दर्पेण महता युक्तो दर्पपूर्णोऽभवत्तदा।।1.55.19।।
prāpya cāstrāṇi rājarṣir viśvāmitro mahābalaḥ |
darbeṇa mahatā yukto darpapūrṇo ’bhavat tadā || 1.55.19 ||
ពេលបានអាវុធទាំងឡាយហើយ រាជឥសី វិશ્વាមិត្រ ដែលមានកម្លាំងដ៏មហិមា ក៏ពោរពេញដោយមោទនភាពយ៉ាងធំធេង; នៅពេលនោះគាត់កើនឡើងដោយអហង្គារ។
"From her lowing Kambhojas bright like the Sun, from the udder Paplavas, weapons in hand, from the vagina Yavanas, from the anus Sakas, from the roots of the hair Mlecchas along with Kiratas and Haritas were born.
FAQs
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.