बालकाण्ड ५६: विश्वामित्र–वसिष्ठ अस्त्रसंघर्षः
Visvamitra and Vasistha: Contest of Divine Weapons
क्व च ते क्षत्रियबलं क्व च ब्रह्मबलं महत्।पश्य ब्रह्मबलं दिव्यं मम क्षत्रियपांसन।।।।
kva ca te kṣatriyabalaṃ kva ca brahmabalaṃ mahat |
paśya brahmabalaṃ divyaṃ mama kṣatriyapāṃsana ||
എവിടെയാണ് നിന്റെ ക്ഷത്രിയബലം, എവിടെയാണ് മഹത്തായ ബ്രഹ്മബലം? ഹേ ക്ഷത്രിയന്മാരിൽ അധമനേ, എന്റെ ദിവ്യ ബ്രഹ്മശക്തി കാണുക.
'O Brahman! great ascetic Viswamitra was controlled by you. O Best of ascetics! bepleased and let the worlds be delivered from distress'.
Dharma elevates inner discipline (tapas and brahma-tejas) above dominance through violence; true authority is rooted in restraint and righteousness.
Vasiṣṭha asserts the superiority of brahma-power over warrior force as the duel escalates.
The supremacy of ascetic discipline (tapas) as a moral and spiritual power, not merely a display of force.