Valmiki Ramayana 2.74.6 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 74, Shloka 6

भरतस्य कैकेयी-गर्हा तथा सुरभि-दृष्टान्तः

Bharata’s Reproach of Kaikeyi and the Surabhi Exemplum

Devanagari script

त्वत्कृते मे पिता वृत्तो रामश्चारण्यमाश्रितः।अयशो जीवलोके च त्वयाऽहं प्रतिपादितः।।।।

Transliteration

tvatkṛte me pitā vṛtto rāmaś cāraṇyam āśritaḥ |

ayaśo jīvaloke ca tvayāhaṃ pratipāditaḥ ||

Translation

Deinetwegen ist mein Vater dahingegangen und Rama hat im Wald Zuflucht gesucht; und deinetwegen habe ich unter den Lebenden nur Schande erworben.

Word by Word

• tvat-kṛte: for your sake
• tvat-kṛte: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृ धातु + क्त)
• Form: Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular used adverbially; tatpuruṣa: tvat-kṛte = tvayā kṛte (for your sake)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th), Singular; enclitic

• pitā: father
• pitā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• vṛttaḥ: has died / has passed away
• vṛttaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (वृत् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; used as finite predicate (perished/ended)

• rāmaḥ: Rama
• rāmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• araṇyam: to the forest
• araṇyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: araṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; goal of motion

• āśritaḥ: has taken refuge (has resorted)
• āśritaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + √śri (श्रि धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; predicate of rāmaḥ

• ayaśaḥ: disgrace, ignominy
• ayaśaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ayaśas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; object understood with pratipāditaḥ (caused/assigned)

• jīva-loke: in the world of the living
• jīva-loke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīva (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular; tatpuruṣa: jīvānāṃ lokaḥ

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative (1st), Singular

• pratipāditaḥ: have been made to suffer / have been subjected (to)
• pratipāditaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati + √pad (पद् धातु) + ṇic (णिच्) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Causative PPP (णिजन्त-क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; predicate of aham; sense: made to obtain/subjected to

Context

You have caused my father's death and Rama's exile. As for me, I have obtained ignominy in this world.

Characters & Entities

• Bharata
• Kaikeyī
• Daśaratha
• Rāma
• Araṇya (forest)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Adharma harms not only the direct victim but the entire family and polity: it destroys life, displaces the righteous, and stains communal honor.

What is the narrative situation?

Bharata attributes a chain of calamities—Daśaratha’s death, Rāma’s forest life, and his own public dishonor—to Kaikeyī’s actions.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Bharata’s concern for truth and public righteousness: he rejects benefiting from wrongdoing and laments the loss of honor.