Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 105 Shloka 43 - Valmiki Ramayana | Thai | Vedapath

Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 105, Shloka 43

भरतस्य प्रार्थना—रामस्य कालधर्मोपदेशः

Bharata’s Petition and Rama’s Instruction on Time and Mortality

Devanagari script

तद्वचः पितुरेवाहं सम्मतं धर्मचारिणः।कर्मणा पालयिष्यामि वनवासेन राघव।।2.105.43।।

Transliteration

tad vacaḥ pitur evāhaṃ sammataṃ dharmacāriṇaḥ |

karmaṇā pālayiṣyāmi vanavāsena rāghava ||2.105.43||

Translation

ฉะนั้น โอ้ราฆวะ (ภรตะ) ข้าพเจ้าจักธำรงไว้ด้วยการกระทำ คือการพำนักในป่า ซึ่งเป็นถ้อยคำของพระบิดาผู้ดำเนินตามธรรม อันควรยอมรับนั้น

Word by Word

तत्that

वचःword/command

पितुःof (my) father

एवindeed

अहम्I

सम्मतम्approved/accepted

धर्मचारिणःof the righteous-practising (father)

कर्मणाby the act

पालयिष्यामिI shall observe/obey

वनवासेनby forest-dwelling

राघवO Rāghava

Context

O Bharata, I will, therefore, obey the command of our venerable father, the champion of righteousness, by living in the forest.

Characters & Entities

Rāma

Bharata

Daśaratha

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

Dharma is shown as truth-in-action: not merely agreeing with the father’s word, but concretely fulfilling it through vanavāsa.

What is the narrative situation?

Bharata presses Rāma to return; Rāma clarifies he will honor Daśaratha’s command by actually living in the forest.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Integrity (satya) and resolve—Rāma’s willingness to bear hardship to keep a righteous command.