Valmiki Ramayana 2.110.11: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 110, Shloka 11
लोकसमुत्पत्ति-वर्णनम् तथा इक्ष्वाकुवंश-प्रशंसा
Cosmogony and Ikshvaku Genealogy as Counsel to Rama
अनरण्यान्महाबाहुः पृथु राजा बभूव ह।तस्मात्पृथोमेहाराजस्त्रिशङ्कुरुदपद्यत।।।।स सत्यवचनाद् वीर: सशरीरो दिवं गतः।
anaraṇyān mahābāhuḥ pṛthu rājā babhūva ha |
tasmāt pṛthor mahārājas triśaṅkur udapadyata ||
sa satyavacanād vīraḥ saśarīro divaṃ gataḥ |
അനരണ്യനിൽ നിന്ന് മഹാബാഹുവായ പൃഥു രാജാവ് ജനിച്ചു; പൃഥുവിൽ നിന്ന് മഹാരാജാവ് ത്രിശങ്കു ഉദിച്ചു. ആ വീരൻ ത്രിശങ്കു സത്യവചനത്തിന്റെ ശക്തിയാൽ ശരീരസഹിതം സ്വർഗത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി.
Mighty-armed king Prithu was the son of Anaranya and Prithu was father of the great king Trishanku. That heroic Trishanku, on account of his truthfulness ascended the heaven with his physical body.
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Satya as dharma: truthfulness (keeping one’s word) is presented as a force that elevates a person beyond ordinary limits.
The speaker cites ancestral exempla, moving through the Ikṣvāku line, to underscore the tradition of virtue and truth.
Triśaṅku’s satya-niṣṭhā (steadfastness in truth), portrayed as spiritually transformative.
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