Shloka 27
त्रिशङ्कुस्वर्गारोহণम्
Trishanku’s Bodily Ascent and the New Constellations
सशरीरस्य भद्रं वस्त्रिशङ्कोरस्य भूपते:।आरोहणं प्रतिज्ञाय नानृतं कर्तुमुत्सहे।।।।
saśarīrasya bhadraṁ vas triśaṅkor asya bhūpateḥ |
ārohaṇaṁ pratijñāya nānṛtaṁ kartum utsahe || 1.60.27 ||
သင်တို့အား ကောင်းချီးမင်္ဂလာရှိပါစေ။ အို မင်းကြီး၊ ငါသည် တ్రိရှင်ကူကို ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာနှင့်တကွ သွားရောက်စေမည်ဟု ကတိပြုထားသဖြင့် ငါ၏စကားကို မမှန်ကန်အောင် မလုပ်နိုင်ပါ။
"I wish you well! Having promised king Trisanku ascent to heaven with his physical form, I do not wish to go back on my word.
FAQs
Satya (truthfulness) and fidelity to one’s vow are treated as paramount; violating a promise is adharma even when pressured by higher powers.
Viśvāmitra explains that he is acting to keep his promise to Triśaṅku, despite objections based on eligibility.
Truthfulness and steadfastness (satya-niṣṭhā, dṛḍha-pratijñā).