Valmiki Ramayana 2.12.62: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12, Shloka 62
द्वादशः सर्गः · Kaikeyi’s Boons and Dasaratha’s Moral Collapse
Ayodhya Kanda 12
कथं द्रक्ष्यामि रामस्य वनं गच्छेति भाषिते ॥६२॥
मुखवर्णं विवर्णं तु तं यथैवेन्दुमुपप्लुतम् ।
kathaṃ drakṣyāmi rāmasya vanaṃ gaccheti bhāṣite ||62||
mukhavarṇaṃ vivarṇaṃ tu taṃ yathaivendum upaplutam |
Wenn ich zu Rāma sage: „Geh in den Wald“, wie könnte ich es ertragen, sein Antlitz zu sehen—erbleicht wie der Mond in der Finsternis einer Finsternis?
While instructing Rama to go to the forest, how can I look at his face, pale like the eclipsed moon?
FAQs
Dharma is not merely legal obligation but also moral responsibility: Daśaratha recognizes the cruelty inherent in commanding exile to a blameless son.
Daśaratha imagines the moment of ordering Rāma into exile and recoils at the grief it would cause.
Parental compassion and conscience—his awareness of the human cost of an unrighteous command.
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