Valmiki Ramayana 2.92.9: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 92, Shloka 9

भरद्वाजाश्रमात् चित्रकूटमार्गनिर्देशः · Directions from Bharadvaja’s Hermitage to Chitrakuta

Setting: भरद्वाजाश्रम (प्रयाग-निकट, गङ्गा-यमुना-सङ्गम-प्रदेश)Places named: प्रयाग (संकेत)अयोध्या से चित्रकूट-मार्गे रामान्वेषण-यात्रा

Devanagari script

इति पृष्टस्तु भरतं भ्रातृदर्शनलालसम् ।

प्रत्युवाच महातेजा भरद्वाजो महातपाः ॥९॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.92.9

Transliteration

iti pṛṣṭas tu bharataṃ bhrātṛdarśanalālasam |

pratyuvāca mahātejā bharadvājo mahātapāḥ ||9||

Translation

ครั้นถูกทูลถามแล้ว ฤๅษีภรทวาชผู้มีเดชแห่งตบะอันรุ่งเรือง จึงตอบพระภรต ผู้กระหายจะได้เฝ้าพบพระเชษฐา

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Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/प्रकार (thus)
• Role: Sambandha (उद्धरण)

• पृष्टः: having been asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पृच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicative
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)

• तु: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वय (but/then)
• Role: Sambandha (निपात)

• भरतम्: Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)

• भ्रातृदर्शनलालसम्: eager to see (his) brother
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्रातृ-दर्शन-लालस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समास: भ्रातुः दर्शनस्य लालसः (eager for seeing his brother)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Compound: Tatpurusha

• प्रत्युवाच: replied
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति√वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: महत् तेजः यस्य
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Compound: Karmadharaya

• भरद्वाजः: Bharadvaja
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)

• महातपाः: of great austerity
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: महत् तपः यस्य
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Compound: Karmadharaya

Context

Thus questioned, the great sage, brilliant Bharadwaja replied to Bharata who was yearning to see his brother:

The teaching

धर्मसंकटे सत्पुरुष-समागमः व ऋषिवाक्य-आश्रयः निर्णयस्य दीपः।

Duties in tension

• भरतस्य राजधर्मः (राज्य-व्यवस्था)
• भ्रातृधर्मः/पितृवचन-पालन हेतु रामस्य अन्वेषण व विनय

Ethical theme

राजधर्म-परामर्श

How it resolves

Guidance from sage

For your practice

गुरु-वाक्यश्रवण, विनय, तथा स्नेह-शुद्धि—दैनिक साधनायां उपयोगी।

Mood and themes

Rasa

Adbhuta (wonder), with Shanta (peace)

Mood

आश्रम-गाम्भीर्य, जिज्ञासा, भ्रातृ-स्नेह

Themes

• Dharma
• Maryada
• Itihasa
• Ethics
• Guru-guidance
• Fraternal duty

Symbolism

Cross references

Meter and recitation

Characters & Entities

• Bharata
• Bharadvāja
• Rāma (implied as brother)

FAQs

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

Dharma is supported by wise counsel: the sage’s response represents the role of spiritual authority in guiding urgent, emotionally charged decisions toward righteous outcomes.

What is the narrative situation?

After Bharata asks for the route to Rāma’s hermitage, the narrator states that Bharadvāja begins his reply.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Bharata’s fraternal devotion and Bharadvāja’s composed readiness to guide.