Valmiki Ramayana 2.75.26: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 75, Shloka 26

अयोध्याकाण्डे पञ्चसप्ततितमः सर्गः

Sarga 75: Bharata and Kausalya—Reproach, Oaths, and Reconciliation

Devanagari script

संश्रुत्य च तपस्विभ्यस्सत्रे वै यज्ञदक्षिणाम्।तां विप्रलपतां पापं यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः।।।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 2.75.26

Transliteration

saṁśrutya ca tapasvibhyaḥ satre vai yajña-dakṣiṇām |

tāṁ vipralapatāṁ pāpaṁ yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ ||

Translation

我が高貴なる兄が追放されたのは誰の策によるのか、その者に罪が降りかかれ――サットラ祭において苦行者に供養（ダクシナー）を約しながら、欺いて与えぬ者の罪のごとく。

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Word by Word

• संश्रुत्य: having promised
• संश्रुत्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-√श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (gerund); ‘having promised’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• तपस्विभ्यः: to ascetics
• तपस्विभ्यः: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4/सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन; dative plural ‘to ascetics’

• सत्रे: at the sacrifice
• सत्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7/अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular ‘at the sacrificial session’

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; emphatic particle ‘indeed’

• यज्ञदक्षिणाम्: sacrificial fee; offering
• यज्ञदक्षिणाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (यज्ञस्य दक्षिणा); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular

• ताम्: that (fee)
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; pronoun referring to ‘yajñadakṣiṇām’

• विप्रलपताम्: let them deny/renege
• विप्रलपताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-प्र-√लप् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; imperative ‘let them speak falsely/deny’ (context: those who renege)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• आर्यः: the noble one (Rāma)
• आर्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अनुमते: with approval
• अनुमते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुमति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• गतः: gone; exiled
• गतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Context

May the one who counselled the exile of my esteemed brother acquire the sin in the same way as a person acquires for having promised the ascetics the required offering at a sacrifice and later denies them!

Characters & Entities

• Bharata
• Rāma (ārya)
• tapasvins (ascetics)
• yajña
• dakṣiṇā

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Satya and fidelity to promises—especially in sacred contexts—are dharma; reneging on vowed gifts is a serious moral fault.

What is the narrative situation?

Bharata likens the counsel behind Rāma’s exile to religious deceit: making vows and then denying them.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Reverence for truth and ritual integrity—Bharata treats broken promises as spiritually corrosive.