सत्यपाशः
Kaikeyi’s Demand and the Noose of the King’s Promise
किमिदं भाषसे राजन्वाक्यं गररुजोपमम्।आनाययितुमक्लिष्टं पुत्रं राममिहार्हसि।।।।
kim idaṃ bhāṣase rājan vākyaṃ gara-rujopamam |
ānāyayitum akliṣṭaṃ putraṃ rāmam ihārhasi ||
O König, warum sprichst du Worte, die dem Schmerz von Gift gleichen? Du sollst deinen Sohn Rāma hierher rufen, der nicht so bedrängt ist wie du.
O king, why are you speaking these painful, poisonous words? What is this? Itbehoves you to summon your son Rama who does not expearience this pain.
It points to the ethical responsibility of speech: words can wound like poison; dharma demands restraint and clarity, especially in crisis.
Kaikeyī presses Daśaratha to stop lamenting and to call Rāma, preparing to force the promised outcome.
Rāma is implicitly marked as steady and untroubled (akliṣṭa), foreshadowing his composure under hardship.
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