Valmiki Ramayana 2.12.19: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12, Shloka 19
द्वादशः सर्गः · Kaikeyi’s Boons and Dasaratha’s Moral Collapse
Ayodhya Kanda 12
इक्ष्वाकूणां कुले देवि सम्प्राप्तस्सुमहानयम् ।
अनयो नयसम्पन्ने यत्र ते विकृता मतिः ॥१९॥
ikṣvākūṇāṃ kule devi samprāptaḥ sumahān ayaṃ |
anayo nayasampanne yatra te vikṛtā matiḥ ||19||
O Königin, einst mit rechter Einsicht begabt: Nun ist über das Geschlecht der Ikṣvāku ein großes Unrecht gekommen, denn dein Sinn ist verdreht worden.
O queen, till now you had a moral sense. With your mind debased (now), a very great immorality has infected the Ikshvaku race.
FAQs
Individual choices affect collective dharma: a queen’s unrighteous intent can stain dynastic reputation and disrupt the moral order expected of a royal house.
Daśaratha condemns Kaikeyī’s altered intention as a grave ethical rupture that threatens the honor of the Ikṣvāku lineage.
Guardianship of kula-dharma (family/dynastic righteousness): Daśaratha speaks as protector of the dynasty’s moral legacy.
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