Ramayana 2.95

Ramayana · translated by Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thus Rama spake. For meet reply The lady of the large black eye Attended to the door her lord, And blessings on his head implored: "The majesty and royal state Which holy Brahmans venerate, The consecration and the rite Which sanctifies the ruler's might, And all imperial powers should be Thine by thy father's high decree, As He, the worlds who formed and planned, The kingship gave to Indra's hand. Then shall mine eyes my king adore When lustral rites and fast are o'er, And black deer's skin and roebuck's horn Thy lordly limbs and hand adorn. May He whose hands the thunder wield Be in the east thy guard and shield; May Yama's care the south befriend, And Varun's arm the west defend; And let Kuvera, Lord of Gold, The north with firm protection hold."

Ramayana 2.95 · Ramayana · 2

Themes in this passage

Protection The Divine Leadership Creation Family Strength Wealth Worship

Protection in other traditions

The same theme, as Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and Hellenism address it.

That is the safe refuge, that is the best refuge; having gone to that refuge, a man is delivered from all pain.

Dhp 14.192 · Dhammapada · The Buddha (The Awakened)

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

Psalms 121:7 · Bible · Psalms

Say: Lo! none can protect me from Allah, nor can I find any refuge beside Him

Quran 72:22 · Quran · The Jinn

Now shield with shield, with helmet helmet closed, To armour armour, lance to lance opposed, Host against host with shadowy squadrons drew, The sounding darts in iron tempests flew, Victors and vanquish’d join’d promiscuous cries, And shrilling shouts and dying groans arise; With streaming blood the slippery fields are dyed, And slaughter’d heroes swell the dreadful tide.

Iliad 4.38 · Iliad · 4

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