Valmiki Ramayana 2.75.30: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 75, Shloka 30
अयोध्याकाण्डे पञ्चसप्ततितमः सर्गः
Sarga 75: Bharata and Kausalya—Reproach, Oaths, and Reconciliation
पायसं कृसरं छागं वृथा सोऽश्नातु निर्घृणः।गुरूंश्चाप्यवजानातु यस्याऽर्योऽनुमते गतः।।।।
pāyasaṁ kṛsaraṁ chāgaṁ vṛthā so 'śnātu nirghṛṇaḥ |
gurūṁś cāpy avajānātu yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ ||
ज्याच्या सल्ल्याने माझा आर्य भाऊ वनवासास गेला, तो निर्दयी पुरुष पायस, कृसर व छागमांस व्यर्थ—अयज्ञार्थ—भक्षण करो; आणि तो गुरूजनांनाही अवमान करो।
May the one who counselled the exile of my esteemed brother acquire the demerit in the same way as a person, who partakes the sweet milk-rice, sesame-rice and goat's flesh without purpose (without invoking and offering it to the gods) and disrespects the teachers!
FAQs
Dharma includes reverence (for gurus) and sacred intentionality: enjoyment divorced from higher duty, paired with disrespect to teachers, signals moral decline.
Bharata continues to denounce the counselor of exile, invoking social-religious markers of adharma: irreverent consumption and contempt for elders.
Respect for tradition and teachers—Bharata frames guru-disrespect as a serious ethical failure.
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