Valmiki Ramayana 2.74.9-10: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 74, Shlokas 9-10
भरतस्य कैकेयी-गर्हा तथा सुरभि-दृष्टान्तः
Bharata’s Reproach of Kaikeyi and the Surabhi Exemplum
न त्वमश्वपतेः कन्या धर्मराजस्य धीमतः ।
राक्षसी तत्र जाताऽसि कुलप्रध्वंसिनी पितुः ॥९॥
यत्त्वया धार्मिको रामो नित्यं सत्यपरायणः ।
वनं प्रस्थापितो दुःखात्पिता च त्रिदिवं गतः ॥१०॥
na tvam aśvapateḥ kanyā dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ |
rākṣasī tatra jātā ’si kulapradhvaṃsinī pituḥ ||9||
yattvayā dhārmiko rāmo nityaṃ satyaparāyaṇaḥ |
vanaṃ prasthāpito duḥkhāt pitā ca tridivaṃ gataḥ ||10||
Du bist nicht wahrhaft die Tochter Aśvapatis, des weisen und gerechten Königs; du bist eine Rākṣasī, dort geboren, um die Linie deines Vaters zu vernichten. Durch dich wurde der rechtschaffene Rāma, stets der Wahrheit ergeben, in den Wald geschickt, und mein Vater ging aus Kummer in den Himmel ein.
As you sent virtuous Rama, ever devoted to truth, into the forest, my father died out of grief (due to separation from his son). Therefore, you are not the true daughter of the righteous and sagacious king Aswapati but a demoness born there to destroy your father's race.
FAQs
Truth and righteousness (satya, dharma) are the standard for judging rule and family duty; forcing the truthful righteous one into suffering is portrayed as lineage-destroying adharma.
Bharata intensifies his accusation: Kaikeyī’s act is blamed for Rāma’s forest exile and Daśaratha’s death from grief.
Rāma’s satya and dharma (truthfulness and righteousness) are explicitly highlighted as the moral center against which Kaikeyī’s deed is measured.
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