Valmiki Ramayana 2.88.30: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 88, Shloka 30
रामशय्यादर्शनम् · Bharata Beholds Rama’s Forest Bed
प्रसाद्यमान श्शिरसा मया स्वयं बहुप्रकारं यदि नाभिपत्स्यते ।
ततोऽनुवत्स्यामि चिराय राघवम् वनेचरन्नार्हति मामुपेक्षितुम् ॥३०॥
prasādyamānaḥ śirasā mayā svayaṃ bahuprakāraṃ yadi nābhipatsyate |
tato 'nuvatsyāmi cirāya rāghavaṃ vane caran nārhati mām upekṣitum ||30||
แม้ข้าพเจ้าจะก้มเศียรด้วยตนเอง วิงวอนขอพระเมตตาโดยนานาประการ หากยังมิได้รับการอนุเคราะห์ดังปรารถนาแล้ว ข้าพเจ้าจักติดตามพระราฆวะไป และพำนักในพนาวันตราบเท่าที่จำเป็น; ครั้นเมื่อข้าพเจ้าก็เป็นผู้จาริกในป่าแล้ว พระองค์ย่อมไม่ควรทอดทิ้งข้าพเจ้าได้
I will seek his grace in many ways by bowing down my head. Even then if Rama does not grant my wish, I shall also live with him as long as it takes. He will not be able to ignore a forester like me.ityārṣē śrīmadrāmāyaṇē vālmīkīya ādikāvyē ayōdhyākāṇḍē aṣṭāśītitamassargaḥ৷৷Thus ends the eightyeigth sarga in Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
FAQs
Dharma is presented as accountability and restitution: Bharata seeks to correct the wrong done to Rama by humble supplication, and if refused, by voluntarily sharing Rama’s hardship—transforming remorse into ethical action.
Bharata is preparing himself for the possibility that Rama will refuse to return; he declares that he will then accompany Rama in exile rather than accept kingship at home.
Bharata’s humility (bowing his head), steadfastness, and self-sacrificing loyalty to dharma over personal comfort or power.
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