Shloka 37

अयोध्याकाण्डे पञ्चसप्ततितमः सर्गः

Sarga 75: Bharata and Kausalya—Reproach, Oaths, and Reconciliation

Devanagari script

राजस्त्रीबालवृद्धानां वधे यत्पापमुच्यते।भृत्यत्यागे च यत्पापं तत्पापं प्रतिपद्यताम्।।।।

Transliteration

rājastrībālavṛddhānāṃ vadhe yat pāpam ucyate | bhṛtyatyāge ca yat pāpaṃ tat pāpaṃ pratipadyatām ||

Translation

య whose అనుమతితో నా ఆర్య భ్రాత వనవాసానికి వెళ్లెనో, అతడు రాజు, స్త్రీ, బాలుడు, వృద్ధుడు వధించిన పాపమని శాస్త్రాలు చెప్పిన పాపమును, అలాగే భృతులను విడిచిపెట్టిన పాపమును—అన్నిటినీ పొందుగాక।

Word by Word

• rāja-strī-bāla-vṛddhānām: of kings, women, children, and the aged
• rāja-strī-bāla-vṛddhānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक) + strī (प्रातिपदिक) + bāla (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (copulative); षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘of kings, women, children, and the aged’

• vadhe: in the killing
• vadhe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• yat: whatever
• yat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ucyate: is said/mentioned
• ucyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच्, धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद

• bhṛtyatyāge: in abandoning dependents/servants
• bhṛtyatyāge: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛtya (प्रातिपदिक) + tyāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘भृत्यानां त्यागः’; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• yat: whatever
• yat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tat: that (same)
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/correlative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तद् (correlative)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• pratipadyatām: let him incur/obtain
• pratipadyatām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-pad (प्रति-पद्, धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Context

May the one who counselled the exile of my esteemed brother acquire the same sin as one acquires for murdering a king, a woman, children and the aged and deserting dependents!

Characters & Entities

• Bharata
• Rāma
• King (rājā)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma prioritizes protection of the vulnerable and fidelity to duty; harming the righteous and abandoning dependents is equated with the gravest social sins.

What is the narrative situation?

Bharata invokes recognized scriptural categories of sin to measure the moral weight of causing Rāma’s exile.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Bharata’s dharmic discernment: he evaluates actions by their impact on social order and the helpless.