{"kanda":2,"kandaName":"Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa","sarga":67,"title":"Bharata rejects Kaikeyī’s scheme","sentence":"He condemns the loss of his father and elder brother, refuses the Kingdom and promises to bring Rāma back","portion":"Bharata rejects the Kingdom","sequence":[[{"steps":["Bharata asks what use a Kingdom is without his father and the elder brother who was like a father to him (67.1–3)"],"from":1,"to":3,"sarga":67},{"steps":["he accuses Kaikeyī of destroying the family and bringing unbearable grief to Kausalyā and Sumitrā (67.4–5)"],"from":4,"to":5,"sarga":67},{"steps":["he reminds her that Rāma treated her as his mother and Kausalyā treated her as a sister (67.6–9)"],"from":6,"to":9,"sarga":67},{"steps":["he says she never understood his love for Rāma, on whom the Kingdom depended (67.10–12)"],"from":10,"to":12,"sarga":67},{"steps":["he refuses to fulfill her wish even if he could bear the burden of rule","he declares that he will bring Rāma back from the forest (67.13–15)."],"from":13,"to":15,"sarga":67}]],"verses":[{"v":1,"ref":"2.067.001","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"śrutvā tu pitaraṃ vṛttaṃ bhrātaru ca vivāsitau","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"bharato duḥkhasaṃtapta idaṃ vacanam abravīt","q":null}],"tr":"Having heard that his father had passed away and that his two brothers had been sent into exile, Bharata, tormented with grief, spoke these words:","w":[["śrutvā","having heard"],["tu","and"],["pitaraṃ","his father"],["vṛttaṃ","deceased, come to his end"],["bhrātaru","the two brothers","bhrātarau"],["ca","and"],["vivāsitau","both banished"],["bharato","Bharata","bharataḥ"],["duḥkhasaṃtapta","tormented with grief","duḥkhasaṃtaptaḥ",[["duḥkha","grief, sorrow"],["saṃtapta","scorched, tormented"]]],["idaṃ vacanam","these words"],["abravīt","spoke"]]},{"v":2,"ref":"2.067.002","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"kiṃ nuṇkāryaṃ hatasyeha mama rājyena śocataḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"vihīnasyātha pitrā ca bhrātrā pitṛsamena ca","q":null}],"tr":"What use now is a kingdom to me here — ruined and grieving, bereft of my father and of my brother who was like a father to me?","w":[["kiṃ","what"],["nuṇkāryaṃ","then is to be done, of use","nu kāryaṃ"],["hatasyeha","to me here, stricken","hatasya iha"],["mama","my, to me"],["rājyena","with a kingdom"],["śocataḥ","grieving"],["vihīnasyātha","and to me deprived","vihīnasya atha"],["pitrā","of my father"],["ca","and"],["bhrātrā","of my brother"],["pitṛsamena","who was equal to a father","",[["pitṛ","father"],["sama","equal, like"]]],["ca","and"]]},{"v":3,"ref":"2.067.003","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"duḥkhe me duḥkham akaror vraṇe kṣāram ivādadhāḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"rājānaṃ pretabhāvasthaṃ kṛtvā rāmaṃ ca tāpasaṃ","q":null}],"tr":"You have heaped grief upon my grief, as though laying caustic on a wound, having reduced the king to the state of the dead and made Rāma an ascetic.","w":[["duḥkhe","upon grief"],["me","my"],["duḥkham","grief"],["akaror","you made","akaroḥ"],["vraṇe","on a wound"],["kṣāram","caustic, alkaline salt"],["ivādadhāḥ","as if you applied","iva ādadhāḥ"],["rājānaṃ","the king"],["pretabhāvasthaṃ","in the state of the dead","",[["preta","dead, departed"],["bhāva","state, condition"],["stha","abiding in"]]],["kṛtvā","having made"],["rāmaṃ","Rāma"],["ca","and"],["tāpasaṃ","an ascetic"]]},{"v":4,"ref":"2.067.004","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"kulasya tvam abhāvāya kālarātrir ivāgatā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"aṅgāram upagūhya sma pitā me nāvabuddhavān","q":null}],"tr":"You have come like the Night of Doom for the destruction of the family; my father embraced a live coal and did not perceive it.","w":[["kulasya","of the family"],["tvam","you"],["abhāvāya","for the destruction, non-being"],["kālarātrir","like the Night of Doom","kālarātriḥ",[["kāla","death, time"],["rātri","night"]]],["ivāgatā","have come, as it were","iva āgatā"],["aṅgāram","a live coal, ember"],["upagūhya","having embraced, clasped"],["sma","indeed"],["pitā","father"],["me","my"],["nāvabuddhavān","did not perceive it","na avabuddhavān"]]},{"v":5,"ref":"2.067.005","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"kausalyā ca sumitrā ca putraśokābhipīḍite","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"duṣkaraṃ yadi jīvetāṃ prāpya tvāṃ jananīṃ mama","q":null}],"tr":"It will be hard for Kausalyā and Sumitrā, tormented by grief for their sons, to go on living, now that they have got you for my mother.","w":[["kausalyā","Kausalyā"],["ca","and"],["sumitrā","Sumitrā"],["ca","and"],["putraśokābhipīḍite","the two afflicted by grief for their sons","putraśoka-abhipīḍite",[["putra","son"],["śoka","grief"],["abhipīḍita","afflicted, tormented"]]],["duṣkaraṃ","hard, difficult (it is)"],["yadi","if"],["jīvetāṃ","the two should live"],["prāpya","having obtained"],["tvāṃ","you"],["jananīṃ","as mother"],["mama","my"]]},{"v":6,"ref":"2.067.006","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"nanu tv āryo 'pi dharmātmā tvayi vṛttim anuttamām","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"vartate guruvṛttijño yathā mātari vartate","q":null}],"tr":"Surely even the noble and righteous one, who knows the conduct due to elders, behaves toward you with the utmost regard, just as one behaves toward a mother.","w":[["nanu","surely"],["tv","indeed","tu"],["āryo 'pi","even the noble one","āryaḥ api"],["dharmātmā","righteous of soul","",[["dharma","dharma, righteousness"],["ātman","soul"]]],["tvayi","toward you"],["vṛttim","conduct, behaviour"],["anuttamām","most excellent","",[["an-","not"],["uttama","highest"]]],["vartate","behaves, conducts himself"],["guruvṛttijño","knowing the conduct due to elders","guruvṛttijñaḥ",[["guru","elder, teacher"],["vṛtti","conduct"],["jña","knower"]]],["yathā","just as"],["mātari","toward a mother"],["vartate","one behaves"]]},{"v":7,"ref":"2.067.007","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tathā jyeṣṭhā hi me mātā kausalyā dīrghadarśinī","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"tvayi dharmaṃ samāsthāya bhaginyām iva vartate","q":null}],"tr":"And likewise my eldest mother, the far-sighted Kausalyā, holding firm to dharma, behaves toward you as toward a sister.","w":[["tathā","and likewise"],["jyeṣṭhā","eldest"],["hi","indeed"],["me","my"],["mātā","mother"],["kausalyā","Kausalyā"],["dīrghadarśinī","far-sighted","",[["dīrgha","long, far"],["darśin","seeing"]]],["tvayi","toward you"],["dharmaṃ","dharma"],["samāsthāya","having taken her stand on"],["bhaginyām","toward a sister"],["iva","as"],["vartate","behaves"]]},{"v":8,"ref":"2.067.008","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tasyāḥ putraṃ kṛtātmānaṃ cīravalkalavāsasaṃ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"prasthāpya vanavāsāya kathaṃ pāpe na śocasi","q":null}],"tr":"Having sent off her disciplined son, clad in bark and tree-rind, to dwell in the forest, how do you feel no grief, O wicked woman?","w":[["tasyāḥ","her"],["putraṃ","son"],["kṛtātmānaṃ","of perfected soul, disciplined","",[["kṛta","made, perfected"],["ātman","soul"]]],["cīravalkalavāsasaṃ","wearing garments of bark and tree-rind","",[["cīra","bark strip, rag"],["valkala","bark"],["vāsas","garment"]]],["prasthāpya","having sent off"],["vanavāsāya","for dwelling in the forest","",[["vana","forest"],["vāsa","dwelling"]]],["kathaṃ","how"],["pāpe","O wicked woman"],["na","not"],["śocasi","do you grieve"]]},{"v":9,"ref":"2.067.009","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"apāpadarśinaṃ śūraṃ kṛtātmānaṃ yaśasvinam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"pravrājya cīravasanaṃ kiṃ nu paśyasi kāraṇam","q":null}],"tr":"Having driven into exile the heroic, disciplined, illustrious one who looks upon no evil, clad in bark garments — what reason, then, do you see?","w":[["apāpadarśinaṃ","who looks upon no evil","",[["a-","not"],["pāpa","evil"],["darśin","seeing"]]],["śūraṃ","the hero"],["kṛtātmānaṃ","disciplined, of perfected soul","",[["kṛta","perfected"],["ātman","soul"]]],["yaśasvinam","illustrious"],["pravrājya","having sent into exile"],["cīravasanaṃ","clad in bark garments","",[["cīra","bark strip, rag"],["vasana","garment"]]],["kiṃ nu","what, then"],["paśyasi","do you see"],["kāraṇam","reason, cause"]]},{"v":10,"ref":"2.067.010","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"lubdhāyā vidito manye na te 'haṃ rāghavaṃ prati","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"tathā hy anartho rājyārthaṃ tvayā nīto mahān ayam","q":null}],"tr":"Greedy as you are, my feeling toward Rāghava was not, I think, known to you; for such a great calamity has been brought on by you for the sake of the kingdom.","w":[["lubdhāyā","by you, greedy one","lubdhāyāḥ"],["vidito","known","viditaḥ"],["manye","I think"],["na","not"],["te","to you"],["'haṃ","I","ahaṃ"],["rāghavaṃ","Rāghava"],["prati","toward, with regard to"],["tathā","so"],["hy","indeed","hi"],["anartho","calamity, mischief","anarthaḥ",[["an-","mis-, non-"],["artha","aim, benefit"]]],["rājyārthaṃ","for the sake of the kingdom","rājya-arthaṃ",[["rājya","kingdom"],["artha","sake, purpose"]]],["tvayā","by you"],["nīto","brought about","nītaḥ"],["mahān","great"],["ayam","this"]]},{"v":11,"ref":"2.067.011","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"ahaṃ hi puruṣavyāghrāv apaśyan rāmalakṣmaṇau","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"kena śaktiprabhāvena rājyaṃ rakṣitum utsahe","q":null}],"tr":"For, not seeing those two tigers among men, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, by what power and might could I venture to guard the kingdom?","w":[["ahaṃ","I"],["hi","for"],["puruṣavyāghrāv","the two tigers among men","puruṣavyāghrau",[["puruṣa","man"],["vyāghra","tiger"]]],["apaśyan","not seeing"],["rāmalakṣmaṇau","Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa","",[["rāma","Rāma"],["lakṣmaṇa","Lakṣmaṇa"]]],["kena","by what"],["śaktiprabhāvena","power and might","",[["śakti","power"],["prabhāva","might, majesty"]]],["rājyaṃ","the kingdom"],["rakṣitum","to protect"],["utsahe","do I dare, am able"]]},{"v":12,"ref":"2.067.012","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"taṃ hi nityaṃ mahārājo balavantaṃ mahābalaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"apāśrito 'bhūd dharmātmā merur meruvanaṃ yathā","q":null}],"tr":"For the mighty great king, righteous of soul, ever leaned upon that powerful one, as Mount Meru rests upon the Meru forest.","w":[["taṃ","on him"],["hi","for"],["nityaṃ","always"],["mahārājo","the great king","mahārājaḥ",[["mahā","great"],["rāja","king"]]],["balavantaṃ","the powerful one"],["mahābalaḥ","of great strength","",[["mahā","great"],["bala","strength"]]],["apāśrito 'bhūd","relied, leaned upon","apāśritaḥ abhūt"],["dharmātmā","righteous of soul","",[["dharma","dharma"],["ātman","soul"]]],["merur","Meru","meruḥ"],["meruvanaṃ","the Meru forest","",[["meru","Meru"],["vana","forest"]]],["yathā","as"]]},{"v":13,"ref":"2.067.013","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"so 'haṃ katham imaṃ bhāraṃ mahādhuryasamudyatam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"damyo dhuram ivāsādya saheyaṃ kena caujasā","q":null}],"tr":"How then could I, taking up this burden fit only for a mighty draught-ox, bear it — like an untamed bullock set to the yoke — and by what strength?","w":[["so 'haṃ","I","saḥ ahaṃ"],["katham","how"],["imaṃ","this"],["bhāraṃ","burden, load"],["mahādhuryasamudyatam","raised up for a mighty draught-animal","",[["mahā","great"],["dhurya","draught-animal, yoke-bearer"],["samudyata","raised up, undertaken"]]],["damyo","a young ox yet to be tamed","damyaḥ"],["dhuram","the yoke"],["ivāsādya","as if having come up to","iva āsādya"],["saheyaṃ","could I bear"],["kena","by what"],["caujasā","and strength","ca ojasā"]]},{"v":14,"ref":"2.067.014","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"atha vā me bhavec chaktir yogair buddhibalena vā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"sakāmāṃ na kariṣyāmi tvām ahaṃ putragardhinīm","q":null},{"p":"e","t":"nivartayiṣyāmi vanād bhrātaraṃ svajanapriyam","q":null}],"tr":"But even were I to have the power, whether through stratagems or force of intellect, I will not grant you your wish, you who crave the throne for your son; 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