Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 100, Shloka 9
शततमः सर्गः — Rāma Questions Bharata on Rājadharma
Governance, Counsel, and Public Welfare
स कच्चिद्ब्राह्मणो विद्वान् धर्मनित्यो महाद्युतिः।इक्ष्वाकूणामुपाध्यायो यथावत्तात पूज्यते।।।।
sa kaccid brāhmaṇo vidvān dharmanityo mahādyutiḥ | ikṣvākūṇām upādhyāyo yathāvat tāta pūjyate ||
হে তাত, ইক্ষ্বাকুসকলৰ উপাধ্যায় সেই ব্ৰাহ্মণ—বিদ্বান, ধৰ্মনিত্য, মহাদ্যুতিমান—যথাৱৎভাৱে যোগ্য সন্মান লাভ কৰি আছে নে?
O dear child! I trust, the family preceptor of the Ikshvakus, Vasistha, the brahmin (versed in the Vedas), who is learned, ever fixed in virtues and effulgent is being honoured as usual.
FAQs
Dharma is safeguarded by honoring the teacher and learned elders; reverence toward the guru sustains right counsel and social order.
Rāma asks whether the dynasty’s spiritual-intellectual anchor (the preceptor) receives due respect in the kingdom.
Respect for wisdom and disciplined maintenance of righteous institutions.
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