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विधानम् · Dasaratha’s Funeral Rites and Ayodhya’s Mourning
किं ते व्यवसितं राजन् प्रोषिते मय्यनागते ।
विवास्य रामं धर्मज्ञं लक्ष्मणं च महाबलम् ॥६॥
kiṃ te vyavasitaṃ rājan proṣite mayyanāgate |
vivāsya rāmaṃ dharmajñaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam ||6||
హే రాజా! నేను దూరంగా ఉండగా, తిరిగి రాకముందే నీవు ఏమి సంకల్పించావు—ధర్మజ్ఞుడైన రాముని, మహాబలుడైన లక్ష్మణుని వనవాసానికి పంపుతూ?
What have you done, O king, between my absence and my arrival? You have banished the righteous Rama and the valiant Lakshmana.
Bharata is addressing his deceased father, King Dasharatha, lamenting the decisions made during Bharata's absence.
Bharata highlights the tragedy of banishing Rama, whom he explicitly calls 'dharmajñam' (knower of Dharma), questioning the righteousness of the King's resolution made in haste.
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