Shloka 2.75.4
अयोध्याकाण्डे पञ्चसप्ततितमः सर्गः (Sarga 75: Bharata and Kausalya—Reproach, Oaths, and Reconciliation)
वनवासं न जानामि रामस्याहं महात्मनः।विवासनं वा सौमित्रे स्सीतायाश्च यथाऽभवत्।।।।
kapālapāṇiḥ pṛthivīm aṭatāṃ cīrasaṃvṛtaḥ | bhikṣamāṇo yathonmatto yasyāryo ’numate gataḥ ||
May the man by whose consent my noble brother was exiled wander the earth clad in rags, begging for alms like a madman, with a skull in his hand.
I knew nothing of the banishment of great Rama nor did I know how Lakshmana or Sita had gone on exile.
Adharma that disrupts rightful order is imagined to lead to loss of dignity and social standing; dharma is tied to honor, sanity, and rightful belonging in society.
Bharata’s denunciation culminates in an image of extreme disgrace—homeless wandering and begging—contrasting with Rāma’s undeserved forest-life.
Bharata’s moral seriousness: he treats the exile of the righteous as a crime that deserves the harshest symbolic consequences.