रघुरुवाच । भगवंस्तिष्ठ मे हर्म्ये दिनमेकं मुनिव्रत । यावद्यतिष्ये भगवन्भवदर्थार्थमुच्चकैः
raghuruvāca | bhagavaṃstiṣṭha me harmye dinamekaṃ munivrata | yāvadyatiṣye bhagavanbhavadarthārthamuccakaiḥ
رَغھو نے کہا: “اے بھگون! اے پختہ ورت والے مُنی! میرے محل میں ایک دن ٹھہریے۔ تب تک، اے قابلِ تعظیم، میں آپ کے مقصد کے لیے جو کچھ درکار ہے اسے حاصل کرنے کی خاطر پوری کوشش کروں گا۔”
Raghu
Tirtha: Ayodhyā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Inside Raghu’s palace at Ayodhyā: the king respectfully invites Agastya to stay one day, hands folded, attendants and lamps in a royal hall.
Dharma means taking responsibility: a king uses effort and resources to support sacred obligations.
Ayodhyā is the celebrated sacred landscape in which this exemplary royal dharma is narrated.
Support for guru-related duty (gurvartha) through rightful means, leading to dakṣiṇā/dāna.