00:0060,000 armed princes entered a cavern to kill one silent hermit.
00:04Imagine charging a sage who has not opened his eyes in centuries.
00:08The Ramayana records King Sagara's sons searching the underworld for their ritual horse.
00:13They found the white stallion grazing near the quiet sage, Kapila.
00:17Think about how arrogance blinds men, mistaking a quiet saint for a thief.
00:22With drawn swords, the princes rushed forward to butcher the motionless monk.
00:26Their leader shouted,
00:28Thief, stand and face the sons of Sagara.
00:31Sage Kapila slowly opened his eyes, burning with centuries of silent power.
00:36A wave of divine fire erupted, reducing all 60,000 to white ash.
00:41Where an army charged, only quiet heaps of dust settled in the dark.
00:45They brought steel against a spirit.
00:48Learn to distinguish noise from power.
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