बालकाण्ड ५६: विश्वामित्र–वसिष्ठ अस्त्रसंघर्षः
Visvamitra and Vasistha: Contest of Divine Weapons
तदप्यस्त्रं महाघोरं ब्रह्मं ब्राह्मेण तेजसा ।वसिष्ठो ग्रसते सर्वं ब्रह्मदण्डेन राघव।।।।
tad apy astraṃ mahāghoraṃ brahmaṃ brāhmeṇa tejasā | vasiṣṭho grasate sarvaṃ brahmadaṇḍena rāghava || 1.56.16 ||
Ó Rāghava, Vasiṣṭha, revestido do próprio fulgor de Brahmā, tragou por inteiro até mesmo aquele Brahmāstra supremamente terrível, por meio do Brahma-daṇḍa.
While swallowing Brahmastra the great Vasishta looked fierce and terrible causing the three worlds to faint.
Dharma is protective and stabilizing: higher spiritual power is shown not as aggression but as the capacity to neutralize catastrophic force and restore balance.
After Viśvāmitra releases the Brahmāstra, Vasiṣṭha counteracts it by absorbing it through the Brahmadaṇḍa.
Vasiṣṭha’s brahma-tejas and guardianship of cosmic order—strength expressed as containment rather than destruction.