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||
ಆ ಕ್ಷಣದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಷಾದನು ಬಾಣದಿಂದ ಕೆಡವಿದ ಆ ದ್ವಿಜಪಕ್ಷಿಯನ್ನು ಕಂಡು, ಧರ್ಮಾತ್ಮನಾದ ಋಷಿಯ ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕರుణೆ ಉಕ್ಕಿಬಂತು ॥1.2.13॥
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.