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Shloka 2.100.72

शततमः सर्गः — Rāma Questions Bharata on Rājadharma (Governance, Counsel, and Public Welfare)

कच्चित्ते सफला वेदाः कच्चित्ते सफलाः क्रियाः।कच्चित्ते सफला दाराः कच्चित्ते सफलं श्रुतम्।।।।

kaccit te saphalā vedāḥ kaccit te saphalāḥ kriyāḥ | kaccit te saphalā dārāḥ kaccit te saphalaṃ śrutam ||

May your study of the Vedas have borne fruit; may your undertakings have proved fruitful; may your household life be blessed and fulfilled; and may what you have heard from the śāstras have become wisdom lived in practice.

I trust, the Vedas you have studied are fruitful, the acts which you commenced are productive, your wife is fruitful (blessed with a son) and the scriptures you studied are useful.

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Vedas
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śruti (scriptural tradition)

Learning and ritual are judged by their ‘fruit’—whether they produce ethical conduct, self-restraint, and benefit in life, not merely formal knowledge.

Rāma questions Bharata in a traditional ‘kaccit’ style, checking whether Bharata’s learning, actions, and household life are aligned with dharma and yielding proper results.

Rāma’s responsible guidance and Bharata’s expected discipline: scholarship and duty must mature into lived righteousness.