Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 118, 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 ||
সেই সময় আমাকে অর্পণ করা হলেও রাঘব আমাকে গ্রহণ করলেন না; কারণ অযোধ্যার অধিপতি পিতা-প্রভুর অভিপ্রায় তিনি তখনও জানতেন না।
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.