Shloka 30
भरतस्य प्रार्थना—रामस्य कालधर्मोपदेशः
Bharata’s Petition and Rama’s Instruction on Time and Mortality
यथा हि सार्थं गच्छन्तं ब्रूयात्कश्चित्पथि स्थितः।अहमप्यागमिष्यामि पृष्ठतो भवता मिति।।2.105.29।।एवं पूर्वैर्गतो मार्गः पितृपैतामहो ध्रुवः।तमापन्नः कथं शोचेद्यस्य नास्ति व्यतिक्रमः।।2.105.30।।
evaṃ pūrvair gato mārgaḥ pitṛpaitāmaho dhruvaḥ | tam āpannaḥ kathaṃ śoced yasya nāsti vyatikramaḥ || 2.105.30 ||
ਇਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਪਿਤਾ ਤੇ ਪਿਤਾਮਹ ਆਦਿ ਪੂਰਵਜਾਂ ਨੇ ਜੋ ਰਾਹ ਲਿਆ, ਉਹ ਨਿਸਚਿਤ ਹੈ। ਜੋ ਉਸ ਰਾਹ ਤੇ ਪੈ ਗਿਆ, ਉਹ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਸੋਗ ਕਰੇ? ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਉਸ ਤੋਂ ਬਚਣ ਜਾਂ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਲੰਘ ਜਾਣ ਦਾ ਕੋਈ ਉਪਾਅ ਨਹੀਂ।
Like a man standing on the wayside says to a passing caravan, 'I am following you', and follows them, the road taken by our fathers and forefathers is certain for every one and cannot be violated by a person treading that path. (So) why should a man grieve?
FAQs
Equanimity grounded in truth: since death is an unavoidable dharma of embodied life, one should grieve with measure and uphold righteous duty.
Bharata concludes his analogy: death is the ancestral road that all must tread, so excessive lament is unreasonable.
Stoic compassion—acknowledging sorrow while insisting on a truthful, duty-centered response.