Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 103, Shloka 6
पिण्डदानदर्शनम्
The Queens Behold Rama’s Śrāddha Offering
जघन्यमपि ते पुत्रः कृतवान् न तु गर्हितः।भ्रातुर्यदर्थरहितं सर्वं तद् गर्हितंं गुणैः।।2.103.6।।
jaghanyam api te putraḥ kṛtavān na tu garhitaḥ |
bhrātur yad arthasahitaṁ sarvaṁ tad vihitaṁ guṇaiḥ ||2.103.6||
纵使你的儿子做了看似卑微之事，也不应受责；因为凡为兄弟之利益而行的一切，实由德行所净化而增其尊贵。
Your son, though engaged in servile tasks (like bringing water), is not to be held contemptible because all the services intended for the benefit of his brother areprompted by virtue.
FAQs
Dharma judges actions by intention and benefit: service done for a righteous end (a brother’s welfare) is not “low,” but virtuous.
Kausalyā reframes Lakṣmaṇa’s humble forest duties as honorable because they support Rāma.
Humility joined with devotion—performing any necessary task when it serves dharma.