Shloka 10
भरद्वाजाश्रम-समागमः / Meeting Bharadvaja at the Hermitage
Homeward Blessings
ब्राह्मणार्थेनियुक्तस्यरक्षतःसर्वतापसान् ।रावणेनहृताभार्याबभूवेयमनिता ।।6.127.10।।
brāhmaṇārthe niyuktasya rakṣataḥ sarvatāpasān | rāvaṇena hṛtā bhāryā babhūveyam aninditā ||
ബ്രാഹ്മണഹിതാർത്ഥം നിയുക്തനായി, എല്ലായിടത്തും തപസ്വികളെ സംരക്ഷിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുമ്പോൾ, രാവണൻ നിന്റെ ഈ അനിന്ദ്യയായ ഭാര്യയെ അപഹരിച്ചു.
After the fourteenth year of exile, on the fifth day of the bright half of lunar month Sri Rama and Lakshmana reached Bharadwaja's hermitage. They bent their heads down (as a mark of respect) and offered salutations.
FAQs
Protecting the vulnerable (ascetics and brāhmaṇas) is affirmed as dharma, even though it exposed Rāma to personal loss.
At Bharadvāja’s hermitage, the sage recalls the context of Sītā’s abduction during Rāma’s protective duties.
Rāma’s guardianship and commitment to service—placing communal duty above private comfort.