Ramayana — 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 |
Daripada Anaraṇya lahirlah raja Pṛthu yang berlengan perkasa; daripada Pṛthu lahir pula Maharaja Triśaṅku. Pahlawan Triśaṅku itu, dengan kekuatan kebenarannya dan janji yang tidak pernah dusta, telah naik ke svarga bersama tubuhnya.
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.
FAQs
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.