Shloka 14
संपाति
उपदेशः / Sampati Instructed and the Search Mission Foretold
त्वयापि खलु तत्कार्यं तयोश्चनृपपुत्रयोः।ब्राह्मणानां सुराणां च मुनीनां वासवस्य च।।4.62.14।।
tvayāpi khalu tat kāryaṃ tayoś ca nṛpa-putrayoḥ | brāhmaṇānāṃ surāṇāṃ ca munīnāṃ vāsavasya ca ||
त्वयैव खलु तत्कर्म कर्तव्यं तयोर्नृपात्मजयोः। ब्राह्मणानां सुराणां च मुनीनां वासवस्य च॥
'Immersed in grief, chaste and famed Sita, will not take any food or enjoy pleasures however much she is tempted.
FAQs
Dharma is universal-benefit action: helping Rāma is simultaneously service to society’s moral order—brāhmaṇas, sages, and even gods—because satya and dharma are mutually sustaining.
The sage expands the scope of Sampāti’s duty: the assistance is not merely personal help to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa but supports the wider cosmic and social order.
Impersonal duty (niṣkāma-sevā): acting for the common good rather than narrow self-interest.