Valmiki Ramayana 2.75.55 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 75, Shloka 55

अयोध्याकाण्डे पञ्चसप्ततितमः सर्गः

Sarga 75: Bharata and Kausalya—Reproach, Oaths, and Reconciliation

Devanagari script

पानीयदूषके पापं तथैव विषदायके।यत्तदेकस्स लभतां यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः।।।।

Transliteration

pānīya-dūṣake pāpaṃ tathaiva viṣa-dāyake | yat tad ekas sa labhatāṃ yasya āryo 'numate gataḥ ||

Translation

فليَنَلْ ذاك—الذي بإذنه نُفي أخي الشريف—وحده إثمَ من يلوّث ماء الشرب، وكذلك إثمَ من يقدّم السُّمّ.

Word by Word

• पानीयदूषके: in the case of a polluter of drinking-water
• पानीयदूषके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पानीय + दूषक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: thus/similarly
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात

• विषदायके: in the case of a giver of poison
• विषदायके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष + दायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एकः: alone
• एकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (saḥ)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लभताम्: let him obtain
• लभताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आर्यः: the noble one
• आर्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनुमते: with consent
• अनुमते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुमति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गतः: has gone/was exiled
• गतः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Context

May the sin of polluting drinking water and administering poison to others be put together and be incurred by the man who counselled the exile of my esteemed brother!

Characters & Entities

• Bharata
• Rama (ārya)
• water (pānīya)
• poison (viṣa)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Harming shared necessities like water—or actively poisoning others—is extreme adharma; the verse uses these as benchmarks for the moral gravity of approving unjust harm.

What is the narrative situation?

Bharata heightens his denunciation by comparing the exile’s authorizer to perpetrators of acts that endanger communal life.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Protectiveness toward life and the common good, expressed through Bharata’s moral outrage at actions akin to poisoning society.