Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 75, Shloka 10
अयोध्याकाण्डे पञ्चसप्ततितमः सर्गः
Sarga 75: Bharata and Kausalya—Reproach, Oaths, and Reconciliation
भरतं प्रत्युवाचेदं कौसल्या भृशदुःखिता।।।।इदं ते राज्यकामस्य राज्यं प्राप्तमकण्टकम्।संप्राप्तं बत कैकेय्या शशीघ्रं क्रूरेण कर्मणा।।।।
bharataṃ pratyuvācedaṃ kausalyā bhṛśaduḥkhitā ||
idaṃ te rājyakāmasya rājyaṃ prāptam akaṇṭakam |
saṃprāptaṃ bata kaikeyyā śaśīghraṃ krūreṇa karmaṇā ||
အလွန်ဝမ်းနည်းနေသော ကောသလျာသည် ဘရတအား ပြောကြားတော်မူသည်—“မင်းလိုချင်ခဲ့သော မင်းနိုင်ငံသည် ဤနေရာတွင်ရှိ၏၊ အတားအဆီးမရှိဘဲ မင်းရရှိခဲ့ပြီ။ အို… ကိကေယီသည် ကြမ်းတမ်းသော အပြုအမူဖြင့် အလျင်အမြန် မင်းအတွက် ထိုအရာကို ရယူပေးခဲ့သည်။”
Looking at Bharata, the deeply afflicted Kausalya said, The kingdom which you had desired has been acquired without any obstacle. Alas! Kaikeyi had quickly secured it for you through her crooked act.
FAQs
Rule gained through cruelty and manipulation lacks dharmic legitimacy; dharma demands rightful succession and moral means, not merely successful acquisition.
Kauśalyā, grieving, addresses Bharata with bitter irony, implying the kingdom has come to him through Kaikeyī’s wrongful act.
Kauśalyā’s devotion to dharma and justice: she measures kingship by righteousness, not by power.