Raama proceeded to calm him. "I know you can destroy the seven worlds if you
are so minded. Listen, you can easily kill Bharata and his army, but there is a thing to
consider before you set to work. Disobeying and disgracing our father and killing our
brother and earning infinite obloquy, what good shall we gain by battling for and winning
the kingdom? What we gain by killing our kinsfolk will be like food with which is mixed
poison. Why and for whom do we seek wealth and kingdom? Is it not for the sake of others,
whose joy is our own?
"Who would want to acquire a kingdom
by wrong means? And what joy is there in a kingdom which you cannot share with those you
love? Truly I tell you, I will never look at wealth and power that you and Bharata and
Satrughna cannot enjoy with me. |
