Ramayana

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सम्प्राप्तोऽयमरिर्वीर भरतो वध्य एव मे | भरतस्य वधे दोषं नाहं पश्यामि राघव | पूर्वापकारिणं हत्वा न ह्यधर्मेण युज्यते || २-९६-२४

sanskrit

- that mighty warrior Bharata comes here as a foe and as for me, he deserves to be slain. Oh ! Rama, I do not see anything wrong in slaying Bharata. In killing one who had done harm is not an act of unrighteousness. [2-96-24]

english translation

samprApto'yamarirvIra bharato vadhya eva me | bharatasya vadhe doSaM nAhaM pazyAmi rAghava | pUrvApakAriNaM hatvA na hyadharmeNa yujyate || 2-96-24

hk transliteration