Valmiki Ramayana 2.75.30 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 75, Shloka 30
अयोध्याकाण्डे पञ्चसप्ततितमः सर्गः
Sarga 75: Bharata and Kausalya—Reproach, Oaths, and Reconciliation
पायसं कृसरं छागं वृथा सोऽश्नातु निर्घृणः।गुरूंश्चाप्यवजानातु यस्याऽर्योऽनुमते गतः।।।।
pāyasaṁ kṛsaraṁ chāgaṁ vṛthā so 'śnātu nirghṛṇaḥ |
gurūṁś cāpy avajānātu yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ ||
ليأكلْ ذلك القاسي، الذي بمشورته نُفِيَ أخي النبيل، طعامَه عبثًا بلا غايةٍ مقدّسة: الباياسا (أرزّ بالحليب)، والكِسَرا (أرزّ بالسمسم)، ولحمَ الماعز؛ وليزدرِ أيضًا مُعلّميه وشيوخه.
May the one who counselled the exile of my esteemed brother acquire the demerit in the same way as a person, who partakes the sweet milk-rice, sesame-rice and goat's flesh without purpose (without invoking and offering it to the gods) and disrespects the teachers!
FAQs
Dharma includes reverence (for gurus) and sacred intentionality: enjoyment divorced from higher duty, paired with disrespect to teachers, signals moral decline.
Bharata continues to denounce the counselor of exile, invoking social-religious markers of adharma: irreverent consumption and contempt for elders.
Respect for tradition and teachers—Bharata frames guru-disrespect as a serious ethical failure.
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