Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 78, Shloka 24
अष्टसप्ततितमः सर्गः — Śatrughna’s Fury and Bharata’s Restraint
Mantharā Episode
भरतस्य वचश्श्रुत्वा शत्रुघ्नो लक्ष्मणानुजः।न्यवर्तत ततो रोषात्तां मुमोच च मन्थराम्।।।।
bharatasya vacaḥ śrutvā śatrughno lakṣmaṇānujaḥ |
nyavartata tato roṣāt tāṁ mumoca ca mantharām ||
Nang marinig ang mga salita ni Bharata, si Śatrughna—ang nakababatang kapatid ni Lakṣmaṇa—ay pinigil ang kanyang galit at pinalaya si Mantharā.
.Seeing the hunchback thrown down by Satrughna and lying senseless and anguishedlike a female krauncha bird caught in a net looking in different directions, Kaikeyi gently soothed her.इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये अयोध्याकाण्डे अष्टसप्ततितमस्सर्गः।।Thus ends the seventyeighth sarga in Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
FAQs
Listening to righteous counsel and mastering anger is itself dharma; restraint prevents compounding one wrong with another.
Bharata intervenes, and Śatrughna—though furious—halts and lets Mantharā go.
Śatrughna’s capacity for self-restraint: despite intense anger, he submits to dharmic guidance.