Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 75, Shloka 58
अयोध्याकाण्डे पञ्चसप्ततितमः सर्गः
Sarga 75: Bharata and Kausalya—Reproach, Oaths, and Reconciliation
भक्त्या विवदमानेषु मार्गमाश्रित्य पश्यतः।तस्य पापेन युज्येत यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः।।।।
bhaktyā vivadamāneṣu mārgam āśritya paśyataḥ | tasya pāpena yujyeta yasya āryo 'numate gataḥ ||
যাঁর অনুমতিতে আমার আর্য ভ্রাতা বনবাসে গমন করেছেন, তিনি সেই পাপে আবদ্ধ হোন—যে বিবাদরতদের মধ্যে কেবল দর্শক হয়ে ভক্তিবশে পক্ষপাতের পথ আশ্রয় করে একপাক্ষিক রায় করায়।
May that one who counselled the exile of my esteemed brother acquire the sin in the same way a person acquires while giving one-sided judgement between divided religious disputants!
FAQs
Dharma in judgment requires impartiality grounded in truth (satya); deciding from factional loyalty rather than fairness is sinful.
Bharata likens the sanctioning of exile to corrupt adjudication—choosing sides in a dispute out of attachment.
Commitment to fair-mindedness: Bharata frames the exile as a failure of just governance and truthful discernment.