Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 75, Shloka 35
अयोध्याकाण्डे पञ्चसप्ततितमः सर्गः
Sarga 75: Bharata and Kausalya—Reproach, Oaths, and Reconciliation
अप्राप्य सदृशान् दाराननपत्यः प्रमीयताम्।अनवाप्य क्रियां धर्म्यां यस्याऽर्योऽनुमते गतः।।।।
aprāpya sadṛśān dārān anapatyaḥ pramīyatām | anavāpya kriyāṃ dharmyāṃ yasyāryo ’numate gataḥ ||
যার অনুমতিতে আমার আর্য ভ্রাতা বনবাসে গেছেন, সে যেন যোগ্য পত্নী না পেয়ে, সন্তানহীন অবস্থায় মৃত্যুবরণ করে; এবং ধর্মসম্মত ক্রিয়াও কখনো সম্পন্ন করতে না পারে।
May the one who counselled the exile of my esteemed brother die without winning a worthy wife and without begetting offspring and without performing religious deeds!
FAQs
Dharma is sustained through responsible family life and dharmic actions; denial of these becomes a symbolic punishment for grave wrongdoing.
Bharata’s grief turns into formalized curses that map wrongdoing to the loss of socially and religiously valued life-goals.
Bharata’s reverence for dharmic life—marriage, progeny, and righteous rites as pillars of social order.