Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 16, Shloka 5
पायसप्रादुर्भावः
The Manifestation of the Divine Payasa and the Avatara Resolution
सन्तुष्ट: प्रददौ तस्मै राक्षसाय वरं प्रभु:। 04नानाविधेभ्यो भूतेभ्यो भयं नान्यत्र मानुषात्।।।।अवज्ञाता: पुरा तेन वरदाने हि मानवा:। 105
santuṣṭaḥ pradadau tasmai rākṣasāya varaṁ prabhuḥ | nānā-vidhebhyo bhūtebhyo bhayaṁ nānyatra mānuṣāt || avajñātāḥ purā tena vara-dāne hi mānavāḥ ||
خوش ہو کر پروردگار نے اس راکشس کو वर دیا: وہ طرح طرح کے بھوتوں سے بے خوف رہے گا—سوائے انسان کے۔ کیونکہ वर مانگتے وقت اس نے پہلے انسانوں کو حقیر جان کر نظرانداز کیا تھا۔
Then the excellent consorts of the king who glowed like fire and the Sun, having consumed the choicest payasam, became pregnant in a short time.
FAQs
Pride and contempt distort judgment: disregarding the ‘small’ (humans) becomes the very opening through which adharma is checked.
Brahmā grants Rāvaṇa near-invulnerability; Rāvaṇa excludes humans, thinking them insignificant.
The verse implicitly praises humility and discernment—virtues Rāvaṇa lacks while seeking power.