Valmiki Ramayana 2.63.52: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 63, Shloka 52
दशरथस्य शोकानुचिन्तनं शब्धवेधि-दोषस्मरणं च
Daśaratha’s grief, karmic reflection, and the remembered ‘śabdavedhī’ misdeed
संस्तभ्य शोकं धैर्येण स्थिरचित्तो भवाम्यहम्। ब्रह्महत्याकृतं पापं हृदयादपनीयताम्।।2.63.52।।
saṃstabhya śokaṃ dhairyena sthiracitto bhavāmy aham | brahmahatyākṛtaṃ pāpaṃ hṛdayād apanīyatām || 2.63.52 ||
‘धैर्याने शोक आवरून मी स्थिरचित्त होत आहे। ब्रह्महत्येचे पाप—त्याची भीती—तुझ्या हृदयातून दूर होवो.’॥
'I am now calm. I bear my pain with patience. Remove the fear from your mind that you have committed a sin by slaying a brahmin.
FAQs
Dharma here includes compassion even toward an offender: the dying youth consoles Daśaratha, distinguishing moral culpability (brahmin-slaying) from an unintended act.
After being struck, Śravaṇa speaks to Daśaratha, urging him not to fear the specific sin of brahmin-killing.
Kṣamā and dayā (forbearance and compassion): despite pain, he seeks to relieve another’s guilt.
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