Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 75, Shloka 22
अयोध्याकाण्डे पञ्चसप्ततितमः सर्गः
Sarga 75: Bharata and Kausalya—Reproach, Oaths, and Reconciliation
प्रेष्यं पापीयसां यातु सूर्यञ्च प्रतिमेहतु।हन्तु पादेन गां सुप्तां यस्याऽर्योऽनुमते गतः।।।।
preṣyaṃ pāpīyasāṃ yātu sūryaṃ ca pratimehatu | hantu pādena gāṃ suptāṃ yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ ||
যাঁর অনুমতিতে আমার আর্য ভ্রাতা বনবাসে গিয়েছেন, তিনি এই পাপসমূহে পতিত হোন—অতিদুষ্টদের দাসত্ব করুন, সূর্যের দিকে মুখ করে মূত্রত্যাগ করুন, এবং ঘুমন্ত গাভীকে পায়ে আঘাত করুন।
May the one who counselled the exile of my esteemed brother, Rama be cursed with the sin of undergoing servitude in the hands of most sinful of men, the sin of passing urine facing the Sun and of kicking a sleeping cow.
FAQs
It condemns complicity in unrighteous exile: causing a truth-bound noble person to suffer is treated as grave adharma, worthy of severe moral censure.
Bharata intensifies his defense by calling down ritual-moral consequences on whoever truly sanctioned Rāma’s banishment, distancing himself from that act.
Bharata’s moral outrage at injustice and his protective loyalty toward Rāma.