Valmiki Ramayana 2.105.43: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 105, Shloka 43
भरतस्य प्रार्थना · रामस्य कालधर्मोपदेशः
Bharata’s Petition and Rama’s Instruction on Time and Mortality
तद्वचः पितुरेवाहं सम्मतं धर्मचारिणः ।
कर्मणा पालयिष्यामि वनवासेन राघव ॥४३॥
tad vacaḥ pitur evāhaṃ sammataṃ dharmacāriṇaḥ |
karmaṇā pālayiṣyāmi vanavāsena rāghava ||43||
राघव, मैं जंगल में रहके पिताजी के बोलने को पूरा करूँगा। वो धरम के रास्ते पे चलते थे, जो उन्होंने कहा वो सही था। मैं उसको अपने काम से साबित करूँगा।
O Bharata, I will, therefore, obey the command of our venerable father, the champion of righteousness, by living in the forest.
FAQs
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.
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