Shloka 2.75.51
अयोध्याकाण्डे पञ्चसप्ततितमः सर्गः (Sarga 75: Bharata and Kausalya—Reproach, Oaths, and Reconciliation)
मायया रमतां नित्यं परुषः पिशुनोऽशुचिः।राज्ञो भीतस्त्वधर्मात्मा यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः।।।।
māyayā ramatāṃ nityaṃ paruṣaḥ piśuno 'śuciḥ | rājño bhītas tv adharmātmā yasya āryo 'numate gataḥ ||
May he—by whose sanction my noble brother was exiled—bear the guilt of one who lives ever by deceit: harsh in speech, malicious, impure, unrighteous at heart, and always fearful of the king’s punishment.
May the one who counselled the exile of my esteemed brother acquire the sin in the same way as a person, who is abusive, niggardly, impure, unrighteous and always afraid of being caught by the king, and lives by cheating others, acquires!
Dharma rejects deceit, malice, and impurity of conduct; a life built on trickery and fear of lawful authority is portrayed as intrinsically self-condemning.
Bharata continues his denunciation, comparing the approver of Rama’s exile to an archetypal wrongdoer who survives by fraud and lives in constant dread of justice.
Moral clarity: Bharata identifies adharma not only as a single act but as a corrupt disposition—cruelty, slander, and deception.