भरतस्य प्रार्थना—रामस्य कालधर्मोपदेशः
Bharata’s Petition and Rama’s Instruction on Time and Mortality
तद्वचः पितुरेवाहं सम्मतं धर्मचारिणः।कर्मणा पालयिष्यामि वनवासेन राघव।।2.105.43।।
tad vacaḥ pitur evāhaṃ sammataṃ dharmacāriṇaḥ |
karmaṇā pālayiṣyāmi vanavāsena rāghava ||2.105.43||
इसलिए, हे राघव! धर्माचारी पिता के उस स्वीकार्य वचन को मैं वनवास रूप कर्म से निभाऊँगा।
O Bharata, I will, therefore, obey the command of our venerable father, the champion of righteousness, by living in the forest.
Dharma is shown as truth-in-action: not merely agreeing with the father’s word, but concretely fulfilling it through vanavāsa.
Bharata presses Rāma to return; Rāma clarifies he will honor Daśaratha’s command by actually living in the forest.
Integrity (satya) and resolve—Rāma’s willingness to bear hardship to keep a righteous command.