Valmiki Ramayana 2.103.6 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 103, Shloka 6
पिण्डदानदर्शनम्
The Queens Behold Rama’s Śrāddha Offering
जघन्यमपि ते पुत्रः कृतवान् न तु गर्हितः।भ्रातुर्यदर्थरहितं सर्वं तद् गर्हितंं गुणैः।।2.103.6।।
jaghanyam api te putraḥ kṛtavān na tu garhitaḥ |
bhrātur yad arthasahitaṁ sarvaṁ tad vihitaṁ guṇaiḥ ||2.103.6||
ദേവിയേ, നിന്റെ പുത്രൻ എത്രയെങ്കിലും താഴ്ന്നതായി തോന്നുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി ചെയ്തിട്ടുണ്ടെങ്കിലും അവൻ നിന്ദ്യനല്ല; സഹോദരന്റെ ഹിതത്തിനായി ചെയ്തതെല്ലാം ഗുണങ്ങളാൽ മഹത്വം പ്രാപിച്ച് പ്രശംസനീയമാകുന്നു.
Your son, though engaged in servile tasks (like bringing water), is not to be held contemptible because all the services intended for the benefit of his brother areprompted by virtue.
FAQs
Dharma judges actions by intention and benefit: service done for a righteous end (a brother’s welfare) is not “low,” but virtuous.
Kausalyā reframes Lakṣmaṇa’s humble forest duties as honorable because they support Rāma.
Humility joined with devotion—performing any necessary task when it serves dharma.
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