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THE RAMAYANA
The virtuous-minded, true and just
Bharata, the knower of dharma, artha and
kama and ever devoted to the administration
of chastisement and reward, rules
the earth.
तस्य धर्मकृतादेशा वयमन्ये च पार्थिवाः ।
acnì agai meni aderarafdsya: ॥
We and other princes who are ordered
by him to look after dharma
go forth
all over this earth, with the desire
to perpetuate righteousness.
तस्मिन्नृपतिशार्दूले भरते धर्मवत्सले ।
पालयत्यखिलां भूमिं कश्चरेद्धर्मनिग्रहम् ॥
When that foremost of kings, Bharata
the lover of dharma, rules over the whole
earth, who could practise unrighteousness ?
ते वयं धर्मविभ्रष्टं स्वधर्मे परमे स्थिताः ।
भरताशां पुरस्कृत्य निगृह्णीमो यथाविधि ॥
Therefore we who are rooted in our
own exalted dharma will punish him
who has transgressed dharma, in pursuance
of Bharata's orders and in accordance
with law.
THE RAMAYANA
The virtuous-minded, true and just
Bharata, the knower of dharma, artha and
kama and ever devoted to the administration
of chastisement and reward, rules
the earth.
तस्य धर्मकृतादेशा वयमन्ये च पार्थिवाः ।
acnì agai meni aderarafdsya: ॥
We and other princes who are ordered
by him to look after dharma
go forth
all over this earth, with the desire
to perpetuate righteousness.
तस्मिन्नृपतिशार्दूले भरते धर्मवत्सले ।
पालयत्यखिलां भूमिं कश्चरेद्धर्मनिग्रहम् ॥
When that foremost of kings, Bharata
the lover of dharma, rules over the whole
earth, who could practise unrighteousness ?
ते वयं धर्मविभ्रष्टं स्वधर्मे परमे स्थिताः ।
भरताशां पुरस्कृत्य निगृह्णीमो यथाविधि ॥
Therefore we who are rooted in our
own exalted dharma will punish him
who has transgressed dharma, in pursuance
of Bharata's orders and in accordance
with law.