विश्वामित्र उवाच
क्षत्रियो ऽहं भवान् विप्रस् तपःस्वाध्यायसाधनः ॥
ब्राह्मणेषु कुतो वीर्यं प्रशान्तेषु धृतात्मसु ॥
अर्बुदेन गवां यस् त्वं न ददासि ममेप्सिताम् ॥
स्वधर्मं न प्रहास्यामि नयिष्ये ते बलेन गाम् ॥
viśvāmitra uvāca
kṣatriyo 'haṃ bhavān vipras tapaḥsvādhyāyasādhanaḥ ||
brāhmaṇeṣu kuto vīryaṃ praśānteṣu dhṛtātmasu ||
arbudena gavāṃ yas tvaṃ na dadāsi mamepsitām ||
svadharmaṃ na prahāsyāmi nayiṣye te balena gām ||
Vishvamitra said: "I am a kshatriya, you a vipra whose means are austerity and study of the Veda; whence comes valor among brahmins, tranquil and self-controlled? Since you do not give me the cow I desire for a hundred million cows, I shall not abandon my own dharma -- I shall lead her away by force."
e006944b9df6 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:29:43 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the pride of strength despises meekness. It is significant, the king's word: he takes the brahmin's humility for weakness -- "whence comes valor among the peaceable?"; the arrogant one deems meekness feebleness. This exposes a common delusion: whoever measures strength only by violence does not know the might of the spirit. Significant too is the blasphemous argument -- seizure "by his own dharma": robbery clothes itself in the garments of duty. Thus the scripture shows the blindness of force -- and Vishvamitra's contempt for the brahmin's forbearance will soon be humbled.