Breach of promise considered as an unrighteous act 1.21.1-8
Dasaratha’s speech was brimming over with affection. It showed the impracticability of Rama’s going with the seer. On hearing it, the wrathful seer said to the king:“First you promised to fulfil my wish. Now you withdraw your words. The breach of promise does not befit you, born in Raghava’s lineage. It exposes your untruthfulness. People will lay blame on you, saying that a liar is born in the family of the truthful. As I arrive, I will go back to my hermitage unaccompanied by Rama”.
The threat actually implies Viswamitra’s insistence on having Rama with him. No sooner did Viswamitra, the steady and furious seer, utter these words than the whole earth ruled by him began to tremble. Even the gods were frightened. The statement suggests four ideas. 1. Viswamitra was endowed with great prowess. 2. The gods thought that the seer who was irate with his friend Dasaratha might be angry with them. 3. The earth’s trembling implies the fear of the mother earth. 4. The seer’s wrath was not real, but just contrived. It merely aimed at frightening the king.
Vasishta applauds Viswamitra’s greatness for appeasing his feigned anger. Vasishta summing up the description of Viswamitra’s prowess, says, “O Raghava, nothing, indeed, that belongs to the past and the future, is unknown to Viswamitra. He is an omniscient, exalted seer and is adorable to all. “O king, the most illustrious Viswamitra is brilliant. As he is self-reliant as noted above, you should have no reservation in entrusting Rama with him.” Vasishta stresses Viswamitra’s arrival as a favorable one for the benefit of the king. He says, “King, Viswamitra, son of Kusika, himself is capable of resisting the demons. However, he approached you, and begged of Rama for the goodness of your son.”
The term “putrahitarthaya” implies that the seer would initiate his whole learning to Dasaratha’s son.
Breach of promise considered as an unrighteous act 1.21.1-8
Dasaratha’s speech was brimming over with affection. It showed the impracticability of Rama’s going with the seer. On hearing it, the wrathful seer said to the king:“First you promised to fulfil my wish. Now you withdraw your words. The breach of promise does not befit you, born in Raghava’s lineage. It exposes your untruthfulness. People will lay blame on you, saying that a liar is born in the family of the truthful. As I arrive, I will go back to my hermitage unaccompanied by Rama”.
The threat actually implies Viswamitra’s insistence on having Rama with him. No sooner did Viswamitra, the steady and furious seer, utter these words than the whole earth ruled by him began to tremble. Even the gods were frightened. The statement suggests four ideas. 1. Viswamitra was endowed with great prowess. 2. The gods thought that the seer who was irate with his friend Dasaratha might be angry with them. 3. The earth’s trembling implies the fear of the mother earth. 4. The seer’s wrath was not real, but just contrived. It merely aimed at frightening the king.
Vasishta applauds Viswamitra’s greatness 1.21.10-21
Vasishta applauds Viswamitra’s greatness for appeasing his feigned anger. Vasishta summing up the description of Viswamitra’s prowess, says, “O Raghava, nothing, indeed, that belongs to the past and the future, is unknown to Viswamitra. He is an omniscient, exalted seer and is adorable to all. “O king, the most illustrious Viswamitra is brilliant. As he is self-reliant as noted above, you should have no reservation in entrusting Rama with him.” Vasishta stresses Viswamitra’s arrival as a favorable one for the benefit of the king. He says, “King, Viswamitra, son of Kusika, himself is capable of resisting the demons. However, he approached you, and begged of Rama for the goodness of your son.”
The term “putrahitarthaya” implies that the seer would initiate his whole learning to Dasaratha’s son.