Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 72, Shloka 25
भरतस्य मातृसदनगमनं कैकेय्या दारुणवृत्तान्तकथनं च
Bharata in Kaikeyi’s apartments: revelation of Daśaratha’s death and Rāma’s exile
दानयज्ञाधिकारा हि शीलश्रुतिवचोऽनुगा।
बुद्धिस्ते बुद्धिसम्पन्न प्रभेवार्कस्य मन्दिरे।।2.72.25।।
dāna-yajñādhikārā hi śīla-śruti-vaco'nugā | buddhis te buddhisampanna prabheva arkasya mandire || 2.72.25 ||
O wise one, your understanding—aligned with good conduct, sacred learning, and right counsel—makes you fit for charity and sacrifice; you will shine like sunlight within its own abode.
O highly intelligent one, by your wisdom, virtuous conduct and scriptural knowledge you are entitled to dispense charity and perform sacrifices. You will always shine incessantly like light of the Sun.
FAQs
Royal dharma is framed as service: learning and character culminate in dāna (giving) and yajña (public duty/sacred responsibility).
Kaikeyī consoles/exhorts Bharata by praising his qualifications and urging him toward steadiness and duty.
Śīla (good character) and śruta (learning), presented as the foundation for righteous leadership.