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Valmiki Ramayana 2.73.10: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 73, Shloka 10

भरतस्य कैकेय्याः प्रति धिक्कारः · Bharata’s Rebuke of Kaikeyi and Affirmation of Ikshvaku Royal Dharma

तथा ज्येष्ठा हि मे माता कौसल्या दीर्घदर्शिनी ।

त्वयि धर्मं समास्थाय भगिन्यामिव वर्तते ॥१०॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.73.10

tathā jyeṣṭhā hi me mātā kausalyā dīrgha-darśinī |

tvayi dharmaṃ samāsthāya bhaginyām iva vartate ||10||

اسی طرح میری بڑی ماں، دوراندیش کوسلیا، دھرم میں ثابت قدم رہ کر تمہارے ساتھ یوں پیش آتی ہے گویا تم اس کی اپنی بہن ہو۔

तथाin the same way
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकार-अव्यय (thus/in the same way)
ज्येष्ठाeldest
ज्येष्ठा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; माता विशेषयति
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphasis)
मेmy
मे:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन
माताmother
माता:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
कौसल्याKausalya
कौसल्या:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकौसल्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; apposition to माता
दीर्घदर्शिनीfar-sighted
दीर्घदर्शिनी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootदीर्घदर्शिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (दीर्घं पश्यति)
त्वयिtowards you
त्वयि:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, सप्तमी, एकवचन
धर्मम्righteousness/duty
धर्मम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
समास्थायhaving adhered to
समास्थाय:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-स्था (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having adhered to/undertaken’
भगिन्याम्(as) a sister
भगिन्याम्:
Upamāna (उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootभगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपमान-रूपेण (as if)
इवlike/as if
इव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formउपमा-अव्यय
वर्ततेbehaves
वर्तते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवृत् (धातु)
Formलट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्

In the same way my eldest mother the farsighted Kausalya, too adhered to righteousness and conducted herself towards you like a sister.

B
Bharata
K
Kausalyā
K
Kaikeyī
D
Dharma

FAQs

Dharma as restraint and benevolence: Kausalyā maintains righteous conduct and sisterly regard even toward one connected with her suffering.

Bharata, condemning the injustice done to Rāma, contrasts it with Kausalyā’s dignified, dharmic behavior toward Kaikeyī.

Kausalyā’s kṣamā (forbearance) and dharma-niṣṭhā (steadfastness in righteousness).

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