Shloka 25
शब्दवेध्य-अनर्थः, ऋषिशापः, दशरथस्य प्राणत्यागः
The Sound-Target Tragedy, the Sage’s Curse, and Dasaratha’s Death
सप्तधा तु फलेन्मूर्धा मुनौ तपसि तिष्ठति।ज्ञानाद्विसृजतश्शस्त्रं तादृशे ब्रह्मावादिनि।।।।
saptadhā tu phalen mūrdhā munau tapasi tiṣṭhati |
jñānād visṛjataḥ śastraṃ tādṛśe brahmavādini ||
لیکن جو شخص جان بوجھ کر ایسے منی پر—جو تپسیا میں قائم ہو اور برہمن ودیا کا واعظ ہو—شستر چھوڑے، اس کا سر سات حصوں میں چِر جائے گا۔
'If any one deliberately discharges a weapon upon an ascetic observing austerities or on him who expounds the Vedas, his head will split into seven pieces.
FAQs
Dharma places ascetics and teachers under special protection; deliberate violence against them is portrayed as spiritually self-destructive.
The sage intensifies the warning by describing a traditional consequence for knowingly attacking a tapasvin or brahmavādin.
Sanctity of learning and austerity—society’s duty to safeguard those dedicated to spiritual discipline.