Valmiki Ramayana 1.22.7: Bala Kanda, Sarga 22, Shloka 7
बलातिबलोपदेशः
The Instruction of Bala and Atibala
कलापिनौ धनुष्पाणी शोभमानौ दिशो दश ।विश्वामित्रं महात्मानं त्रिशीर्षाविव पन्नगौ।।1.22.7।।अनुजग्मतुरक्षुद्रौ पितामहमिवाश्विनौ।
kalāpinau dhanuṣpāṇī śobhamānau diśo daśa |
viśvāmitraṁ mahātmānaṁ triśīrṣāv iva pannagau || 1.22.7 ||
anujagmatur akṣudrau pitāmaham ivāśvinau |
അമ്പുതൂണും ധനുസ്സും കൈവശമുള്ള ആ രണ്ടു കുമാരന്മാർ പത്തു ദിക്കുകളിലും ദീപ്തിയായി ശോഭിച്ചു; ത്രിശിരസ്സുള്ള നാഗങ്ങളെന്നപോലെ മഹാത്മാവായ വിശ്വാമിത്രനെ അവർ അനുഗമിച്ചു—ക്ഷീണമില്ലാത്തവരായി—അശ്വിനീദേവന്മാർ പിതാമഹൻ ബ്രഹ്മാവിനെ അനുഗമിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ।
Rama and Lakshmana equipped with bows and quivers resembled three hooded serpents. Warriors of no less prowess, they illuminated the ten quarters and followed the high souled Viswamitra like twin Aswanikumaras following the grandsire, Brahma.
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Strength is framed as protective dharma: martial readiness is not aggression but disciplined power aligned to a righteous guide.
The poet describes the princes’ armed radiance and their close following of Viśvāmitra through elevated similes.
Courage under restraint—heroic capability yoked to obedience and service to the sage’s dharmic purpose.
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