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 ||
Tunay ngang ikaw ang dapat magsagawa ng gawaing iyon, hindi lamang para sa dalawang anak ng hari, kundi para rin sa mga brāhmaṇa, sa mga diyos, sa mga muni, at kay Vāsava (Indra).
'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.