Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 109, Shloka 20
क्षात्रं धर्ममहंत्यक्ष्ये ह्यधर्मं धर्मसंहितम्।क्षुद्रैर्नृशंसैर्लुब्धैश्च सेवितं पापकर्मभिः।।2.109.20।।
kṣātraṁ dharmam ahaṁ tyakṣye hy adharmaṁ dharma-saṁhitam |
kṣudrair nṛśaṁsair lubdhaiś ca sevitaṁ pāpa-karmabhiḥ ||2.109.20||
ধৰ্মৰ ৰূপ ধৰি থকা অধৰ্ম যাক ‘ক্ষাত্ৰধৰ্ম’ বুলি কোৱা হয়, মই তাক ত্যাগ কৰিম; কিয়নো সেয়া ক্ষুদ্ৰ, নিৰ্দয়, লোভী আৰু পাপকর্মী লোকসকলে সেৱা কৰা পথ।
I renounce the so-called kshatriya code of conduct followed by the mean the cruel, the greedy and by men of evil deeds which is unrighteousness under the cloak of righteousness.
FAQs
Dharma must be genuine; power-politics or self-serving conduct cannot be justified by labeling it ‘dharma’.
Rāma rejects any argument that royal pragmatism should override his truthful vow and moral clarity.
Moral courage: refusing corrupted norms even if they are socially defended as ‘duty’.