Shloka 6
जनककुलवर्णनम् तथा सीतोर्मिलादानम्
Janaka’s Genealogy and the Bestowal of Sita and Urmila
सुकेतोरपि धर्मात्मा देवरातो महाबल:।देवरातस्य राजर्षेर्बृहद्रथ इति स्मृत:।।।।
suketor api dharmātmā devarāto mahābalaḥ |
devarātasya rājarṣer bṛhadratha iti smṛtaḥ ||
சுகேதுவிடமிருந்தும் தர்மாத்மாவும் மகாபலவானும் ஆன தேவராதன் பிறந்தான். அந்த ராஜரிஷி தேவராதனின் மகன் ‘பிருஹத்ரத’ என நினைவுகூரப்படுகிறான்.
To-day the star Makha is on the ascendant. O King perform the marriage on the, third day from today under Uttara-Phalguni star. Gifts may be given for the happiness of Rama and Lakshmana".ইত্যার্ষে শ্রীমদ্রামাযণে বাল্মীকীয আদিকাব্যে বালকাণ্ডে একসপ্ততিতমস্সর্গ:৷৷Thus ends the seventyfirst sarga of Balakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
FAQs
Power (bala) is ethically framed when joined with dharma; strength is praised alongside righteousness, not apart from it.
The genealogy names Devarāta and then Bṛhadratha, reinforcing the antiquity and legitimacy of Mithilā’s royal line.
The ideal of the ‘rājarṣi’—a ruler whose authority is tempered by ascetic-like moral discipline.