पादुके च समासाद्य भरतः स्वयमेव हि ।शिरसा धारयामास प्रणम्य सविनीतवत्
pāduke ca samāsādya bharataḥ svayameva hi | śirasā dhārayāmāsa praṇamya savinītavat
Bharata's act with Rama's sandals — placing them on the throne and ruling as regent rather than king — is one of the most celebrated acts of selfless love and political renunciation in world literature. Bharata had everything: his mother had secured the throne for him. He refused it, not from incapacity but from principle. The sandals on the throne are not a symbol — they are Bharata's daily lived reality for 14 years: every decision made as if Rama were deciding, every morning beginning with prostration to the sandals. This is the Ayodhya Kanda's portrait of what bhakti looks like in the political sphere.
अर्थMeaning
पादुकाएं प्राप्त करके, भरत ने स्वयं ही — विनयपूर्वक प्रणाम करके — उन्हें अपने सिर पर धारण किया।
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
Having received the sandals, Bharata himself — bowing with complete humility — bore them on his head.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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पादुकाएं प्राप्त करके, भरत ने स्वयं ही — विनयपूर्वक प्रणाम करके — उन्हें अपने सिर पर धारण किया। इसे किसी एक घटना का संयोग न मानकर एक नियम की तरह पढ़ना इस पंक्ति का बल है।
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