Shloka 51
अनसूयोपदेशः तथा सीताया स्वयंवरकथा
Anasuya’s Counsel and Sita’s Swayamvara Narrative
दीयमानां न तु तदा प्रतिजग्राह राघवः।अविज्ञाय पितुश्छन्दमयोध्याऽधिपतेः प्रभोः।।2.118.51।।
dīyamānāṁ na tu tadā pratijagrāha rāghavaḥ | avijñāya pituś chandaṁ ayodhyā-adhipateḥ prabhoḥ || 2.118.51 ||
لكن في تلك اللحظة لم يقبلني راغhava وأنا أُقدَّم له، لأنه لم يكن قد علم بعدُ مراد أبيه، سيدِ أيودهيا وملكِها.
Heroic Rama is affectionate towards king Dasaratha and is conversant with righteousness. Renouncing the sense of self-respect he honours all the women on whom his father had cast his glance even once just as his own mother.
FAQs
Dharma requires honoring parental authority and proper consent: Rāma restrains himself until he knows his father’s will.
Sītā narrates that although she was being offered, Rāma did not immediately accept because he awaited Daśaratha’s approval.
Obedience and self-control—Rāma’s commitment to maryādā, placing duty over immediacy.