Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 82: Bharata Rejects Vasiṣṭha’s Request
Text 2.82.14
अनार्यजुष्टमस्वर्ग्यं कुर्यां पापमहं यदि।
इक्ष्वाकूणामहं लोके भवेयं कुलपांसनः॥
anārya-juṣṭam asvargyaṁ kuryāṁ pāpam ahaṁ yadi
ikṣvākūṇām ahaṁ loke bhaveyaṁ kula-pāṁsanaḥ
anārya-juṣṭam = that is carried out [only] by the uncivilized; asvargyam = and that does not lead to the heavens; kuryām = were to commit; pāpam = this sin; aham = I; yadi = if; ikṣvākūṇām = of the Ikṣvākus; aham = I; loke = in the world; bhaveyam = will [certainly] become; kula-pāṁsanaḥ = a disgrace to the dynasty.
If I were to commit this sin that is carried out [only] by the uncivilized and that does not lead to the heavens, I will [certainly] become a disgrace to the dynasty of the Ikṣvākus in the world.