अयोध्याकाण्डे पञ्चसप्ततितमः सर्गः
Sarga 75: Bharata and Kausalya—Reproach, Oaths, and Reconciliation
ऋतुस्नातां सतीं भार्यामृतुकालानुरोधिनीम्।अतिवर्तेत दुष्टात्मा यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः।।।।
ṛtu-snātāṃ satīṃ bhāryām ṛtu-kālānurodhinīm | ativarteta duṣṭātmā yasya āryo 'numate gataḥ ||
ଯାହାର ଅନୁମତିରେ ମୋ ଆର୍ୟ ଭାଇ ବନବାସକୁ ଗଲେ, ସେ ଦୁଷ୍ଟାତ୍ମା ଋତୁସ୍ନାତା, ସତୀ ଓ ଋତୁକାଳାନୁରୋଧିନୀ ପତ୍ନୀକୁ ଅବହେଳା କରୁଥିବାର ପାପ ଭୋଗୁ।
May the one who counselled the exile of my esteemed brother acquire the sin in the same way as a wicked-minded person who neglects his chaste wife observing the menstrual period unfavourable for conception and had bathed after menstruation acquires!
Dharma includes fidelity and responsibility within household life; neglect of a virtuous spouse (especially when she follows prescribed propriety) is treated as a serious moral failure.
Bharata uses a domestic ethical analogy to express the gravity of approving Rama’s exile, equating it with a shameful breach of intimate duty.
Bharata’s reverence for righteous order in all spheres—public justice and private duty alike.