Shloka 16
कल्माषपाद-शाप-कारणम्
Cause of Kalmāṣapāda’s Niyoga under a Curse
तथा तु नियतात्मानं त॑ नृपं मुनिसत्तम: | आबभाषे स धर्मात्मा तस्यैवार्थचिकीर्षया
tathā tu niyatātmānaṃ taṃ nṛpaṃ munisattamaḥ | ābabhāṣe sa dharmātmā tasyaivārthacikīrṣayā ||
ಈ ರೀತಿ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಮತ್ತು ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳನ್ನು ನಿಯಂತ್ರಿಸಿ ತಪಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿರನಾಗಿದ್ದ ಆ ರಾಜನನ್ನು ಧರ್ಮಾತ್ಮನಾದ ಋಷಿಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ವಸಿಷ್ಠರು ಅವನ ಕಾರ್ಯಸಿದ್ಧಿಗಾಗಿ ಮಾತಾಡಿದರು।
गन्धर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is advanced through disciplined self-control (niyama) and the timely guidance of the wise; a sage’s speech is meant to aid rightful aims, not merely to display learning.
A king is engaged in austerity with controlled mind and senses. Vasiṣṭha, described as righteous and foremost among sages, addresses him in order to help him achieve his intended objective.