Shloka 34
अयोध्याकाण्डे पञ्चसप्ततितमः सर्गः
Sarga 75: Bharata and Kausalya—Reproach, Oaths, and Reconciliation
पुत्रैर्दारैश्च भृत्यैश्च स्वगृहे परिवारितः।स एको मृष्टमश्नातु यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः।।।।
putrair dāraiś ca bhṛtyaiś ca svagṛhe parivāritaḥ | sa eko mṛṣṭam aśnātu yasyāryo ’numate gataḥ ||
య whose సమ్మతితో నా ఆర్య భ్రాత వెళ్లాడో, అతడు తన ఇంట్లో కుమారులు, భార్య, సేవకులతో చుట్టుముట్టబడి ఉన్నప్పటికీ ఒంటరిగా మాత్రమే శ్రేష్ఠ భోజనం తినుగాక; ఆ నిందను పొందుగాక।
May the one who counselled the exile of my esteemed brother acquire the sin in the same way as one who, although surrounded by wife, children and servants, eats the delicacies all alone without sharing acquires.
FAQs
Dharma for a householder includes care and sharing with dependents; selfish enjoyment amid family and servants is portrayed as blameworthy.
Bharata continues to frame the exile as a moral rupture and calls down socially recognized forms of blame upon the instigator.
Bharata’s sense of social righteousness—he measures wrongdoing by its violation of communal and familial obligations.