Ayodhya Kaanda
105 - Dialogue between the sage Vasistha, Sri Rama and Bharata
Chaupais
Description
At home as well as in the woods our preceptor's goodwill alone will protect both you and me as well as those about us. Obedience to one's father and mother, preceptor and master is the prop of all virtues, even as Sesa (the lord of serpents) supports the globe on his head. Therefore, obey their commands yourself and help me do the same, and be the saviour of the solar race, dear brother. This is the one discipline that bestows all success upon the striver and like the triple stream of the Ganga, Yamuna and Sarasvati at Prayaga combines fame, salvation and prosperity. Considering this and even though enduring great hardship make your subjects and your own people happy. My woe has been shared by all; but your lot will be the hardest for the whole term of my exile. I know you to be tender-hearted, yet am speaking repugnant words to you; but the time are so out of joint that this will not be unjustifiable on my part. In hard times good brothers alone stand one in good stead; it is by one's arms alone that one parries the strokes even of a thunderbolt."