गुरुश्च राजा च पिता च वृद्धः क्रोधात्प्रहर्षाद्यदि वाऽपि कामात्। यद्व्यादिशेत्कार्यमवेक्ष्य धर्मं कस्तन्न कुर्यादनृशंसवृत्तिः।2.21.58।।
guruśca rājā ca pitā ca vṛddhaḥ krodhātpraharṣādyadi vā'pi kāmāt. yadvyādiśetkāryamavekṣya dharmaṃ kastanna kuryādanṛśaṃsavṛttiḥ.2.21.58..
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English Translation
"Whatever a preceptor, an old man, a king and a father commands whether it is out of anger or pleasure or passion must be carried out as dharma. Who will not do it unless he is heartless?"
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Word Meanings
गुरुश्च the precepter, राजा च the king also, वृद्धः च an old man, पिता च also father, क्रोधात् due to anger, प्रहर्षात् due to joy, यदि वा or, कामात् अपि even due to passion, यत् such, कार्यम् act, व्यादिशेत् commands, तत् that one, धर्मम् as rightful duty, अवेक्ष्य having seen, अनृशंसवृत्तिः no tendency to cruelty, कः who, न कुर्यात् will not do.
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Valmiki Ramayana
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Sarga 21
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98.58