Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 74, Shloka 11
भरतस्य कैकेयी-गर्हा तथा सुरभि-दृष्टान्तः
Bharata’s Reproach of Kaikeyi and the Surabhi Exemplum
यत्प्रधानाऽसि तत्पापं मयि पित्रा विनाकृते।भ्रातृभ्यां च परित्यक्ते सर्वलोकस्य चाप्रिये।।।।
yatpradhānā ’si tat pāpaṃ mayi pitrā vinākṛte | bhrātṛbhyāṃ ca parityakte sarvalokasya cāpriye ||
That sin—done with a fixed aim—has fallen upon me: I have been made fatherless; I am abandoned by my brothers, and I have become displeasing to all the people.
The sin you have committed with a particular objective has affected me and (as a result) I am left without my father. I am abandoned by my brothers. I am hated by every one in this entire world.
FAQs
Adharma harms not only the doer but also the innocent: Bharata highlights how a wrongful, self-serving act produces social and familial rupture.
Bharata laments that Kaikeyi’s actions have left him bereft of his father and estranged from Rama and the wider public.
Bharata’s integrity and concern for public moral order (loka-maryādā), not merely personal loss.