Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 62, Shloka 8
शुनश्शेफरक्षा–विश्वामित्रशापः
Sunassepha’s Rescue and Visvamitra’s Curse
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा विश्वामित्रो महातपा:।सान्त्वयित्वा बहुविधं पुत्रानिदमुवाच ह।।।।
tasya tad-vacanaṃ śrutvā viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ | sāntvayitvā bahuvidhaṃ putrān idam uvāca ha ||
သူ၏စကားကို ကြားသော် မဟာတပသီ ဝိශ්ဝာမိတ္တရ်သည် နည်းလမ်းအမျိုးမျိုးဖြင့် သူ့ကို နှစ်သိမ့်ပေးပြီးနောက် မိမိ၏ သားတို့အား ဤစကားကို မိန့်ကြား하였다။
Having heard Sunassepha, mighty ascetic Viswamitra consoled him in many ways and said to his sons:
FAQs
Dharma appears as compassionate action preceding instruction: one who guides others first relieves fear and distress, then gives counsel or direction.
After Śunaḥśepha’s plea, Viśvāmitra reassures him and prepares to address his own sons, setting up a moral and familial confrontation.
Viśvāmitra’s virtue is protective leadership—combining tapas (spiritual authority) with empathy and responsible speech.