अयोध्याकाण्डे पञ्चसप्ततितमः सर्गः
Sarga 75: Bharata and Kausalya—Reproach, Oaths, and Reconciliation
ब्राह्मणायोद्यतां पूजां विहन्तु कलुषेन्द्रियः।बालवत्सां च गां दोग्धु यस्यार्यो ऽनुमते गतः।।।।
brāhmaṇāya udyatāṃ pūjāṃ vihantu kaluṣendriyaḥ | bāla-vatsāṃ ca gāṃ dogdhu yasya āryo 'numate gataḥ ||
Möge derjenige—durch dessen Zustimmung mein edler Bruder verbannt wurde—die Schuld des Menschen mit befleckten Sinnen auf sich laden, der die für einen Brahmanen bereitete Pūjā zerstört und eine Kuh melkt, die ein Kalb hat.
May the one who counselled the exile of my esteemed brother acquire the sin in the same way a person with befouled senses disturbs the offerings of worship kept ready for a brahmin and milks the cow having a young calf acquires.
Dharma includes reverence toward sacred rites and restraint from exploitative taking; disrupting worship and exploiting a cow with a dependent calf symbolize callousness and moral pollution.
Bharata continues to stack analogies of wrongdoing, drawing from ritual ethics and pastoral norms to condemn the approval of exile.
Bharata’s respect for sanctity (pūjā) and for non-exploitative conduct toward dependents and the vulnerable.
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