Valmiki Ramayana 2.72.37: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 72, Shloka 37
भरतस्य मातृसदनगमनं कैकेय्या दारुणवृत्तान्तकथनं च
Bharata in Kaikeyi’s apartments: revelation of Daśaratha’s death and Rāma’s exile
इमां तु पश्चिमां वाचं व्याजहार पिता तव ।
कालधर्मपरिक्षिप्तः पाशैरिव महागजः ॥३७॥
imāṃ tu paścimāṃ vācaṃ vyājahāra pitā tava |
kāladharmaparikṣiptaḥ pāśair iva mahāgajaḥ ||37||
Doch dein Vater, vom Gesetz der Zeit umschlungen — wie ein großer Elefant von Seilen gebunden — sprach diese letzten Worte.
Your father, caught by the noose of death, like a great elephant bound by cords, uttered these last words:
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Kāla-dharma (the inevitability of time and death) applies equally to all; dharma includes accepting truthfully the limits of human life.
Bharata is being told how Daśaratha, overpowered by death, spoke his last utterance.
Truthful witnessing: Kausalyā conveys events as they occurred, preserving satya in the face of grief.
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