Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 75: Bharata’s Conversation with Kausalyā-devī
Text 2.75.49
आशामाशंसमानानां दीनानामूर्ध्वचक्षुषाम्।
अर्थिनां वितथां कुर्याद्यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
āśām āśaṁsamānānāṁ dīnānām ūrdhva-cakṣuṣām
arthināṁ vitathāṁ kuryād yasyāryo ’numate gataḥ
āśām = the hopes; āśaṁsamānānām = when they praise him; dīnānām = of the poor; ūrdhva-cakṣuṣām = and look up to him [for help]; arthinām = and needy; vitathām kuryāt = may he dash; yasya = whose; āryaḥ = noble Rāma; anumate = with consent; gataḥ = has departed [to the forest].
May he who consents to the noble Rāma’s departure [to the forest] dash the hopes of the poor and needy when they praise him and look up to him [for help].1
1 Such unhelpful people will certainly incur sinful reactions.
Ūrdhva-cakṣuṣām refers to the [poor and needy] looking up to a [potential] donor who is sitting on an elevated seat [while the poor and needy are sitting on the floor while beseeching him for help].