Valmiki Ramayana 2.4.14: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 4, Shloka 14
अयोध्याकाण्डे चतुर्थः सर्गः
Rāma Summoned; Pushya Coronation Decision
अनुभूतानि चेष्टानि मया वीर सुखान्यपि।देवर्षिपितृविप्राणामनृणोऽस्मि तथाऽत्मनः।।2.4.14।।
anubhūtāni ceṣṭāni mayā vīra sukhāny api | devarṣi-pitṛ-viprāṇām anṛṇo 'smi tathātmanaḥ || 2.4.14 ||
वीर, मया यानि सुखानि चेष्टितानि तान्यपि अनुभूतानि। देवर्षिपितृविप्राणां तथा आत्मनः प्रति च अहम् इदानीम् अनृणोऽस्मि॥
O mighty son! I have experienced all the pleasures I longed for. I redeemed my debt to the gods, the sages, my ancestors, brahmins and to myself.
FAQs
Dharma is framed as repayment of life’s obligations (ṛṇa): to divine order, tradition, teachers/priests, ancestors, and one’s own conscience.
Daśaratha explains that he has completed the major obligations of a king and householder, preparing the ground for succession.
Conscientious fulfillment of duties—Daśaratha’s sense of moral accounting before handing over power.
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