Shloka 4

विश्वामित्रस्य ब्राह्मर्षित्वप्राप्तिः

Viśvāmitra Attains Brahmarṣi Status

Devanagari script

तस्य वर्षसहस्रस्य व्रते पूर्णे महाव्रत:।।।।भोक्तुमारब्धवानन्नं तस्मिन् काले रघूत्तम।इन्द्रो द्विजातिर्भूत्वा तं सिद्धमन्नमयाचत।।।।

Transliteration

tasya varṣasahasrasya vrate pūrṇe mahāvrataḥ |

bhoktum ārabdhavān annaṃ tasmin kāle raghūttama |

indro dvijātir bhūtvā taṃ siddham annam ayācata ||

Translation

အို ရဃုဝంశ၏ အမြတ်ဆုံးတော်၊ တစ်ထောင်နှစ်ပတ်လုံး ဆောင်ရွက်သော ဝရတ (vrata) ပြည့်စုံသည့်အခါ မဟာဝရတင်တော်သည် ပြင်ဆင်ပြီးသား အစာကို စားသုံးရန် စတင်၏။ ထိုအချိန်တည်းမှာပင် အိန္ဒြာသည် ဒွိဇာတိ ဘြာဟ္မဏအဖြစ် အသွင်ပြောင်းကာ လာရောက်၍ ပြီးစီးထားသော အစာကို ဒါနအဖြစ် တောင်းခံ၏။

Word by Word

तस्यof him

वर्षसहस्रस्यof a thousand years

व्रतेin the vow

पूर्णेwhen completed

महाव्रतःthe great-vowed (ascetic)

भोक्तुम्to eat

आरब्धवान्began

अन्नम्food/rice

तस्मिन्at that

कालेtime/moment

रघूत्तमO best of the Raghus

इन्द्रःIndra

द्विजातिःa brāhmaṇa (twice-born)

भूत्वाhaving become (in guise)

तम्him

सिद्धम्prepared/ready

अन्नम्food

अयाचतbegged/asked for

Context

O Best of Raghus dynasty (Rama)! when the thousand-year-old vow was over (Viswamitra) the great practitioner of vows began to partake cooked rice. At this moment Indra assumed the guise of a brahmin and asked him for the rice (he was going to eat).

Characters & Entities

Viśvāmitra

Rāma

Indra

Brāhmaṇa (guise)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

The verse sets up the dharma-test of generosity and truthfulness: a petitioner arrives at the moment of personal need, challenging whether the ascetic will honor the duty of giving (dāna) without compromise.

What is the narrative situation?

After completing a thousand-year vow, Viśvāmitra is about to eat, when Indra appears disguised as a brāhmaṇa and begs for the prepared food.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Viśvāmitra’s steadfastness in vow and readiness to be tested—his tapas is not only endurance but moral firmness under provocation.