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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.