Shloka 2.112.31
पादुकाप्रदानम् (The Gift of the Sandals and Delegated Kingship)
तं मातरो बाष्पगृहीतकण्ठ्यो दुःखेन नामन्त्रयितुं हि शेकुः।स त्वेव मात्रृ़रभिवाद्य सर्वारुदन्कुटीं स्वां प्रविवेश राघवः।।2.112.31।।
kule jāta mahāprājña mahāvṛtta mahāyaśaḥ | grāhyaṃ rāmasya vākyaṃ te pitaraṃ yady avekṣase || 2.112.5 ||
O you born of a noble line—great in wisdom, great in conduct, and great in renown—accept Rāma’s word, if you hold your father in reverence.
His mothers were unable to bid him farewell their throats were choked with tears of sorrow but Rama himself paid obeisance to them and entered his hut in tears.ityārṣē śrīmadrāmāyaṇē vālmīkīya ādikāvyē ayōdhyākāṇḍē dvādaśōttaraśatatamassargaḥ৷৷Thus ends the hundredtwelfth sarga in Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
Dharma here is loyalty to rightful speech and to paternal honor: respecting Daśaratha’s intent requires honoring Rāma’s dharmic commitment.
Sages advise Bharata to accept Rāma’s decision (and the course set by the father’s vow), preventing a succession crisis driven by emotion.
Bharata’s humility and reverence for elders—his capacity to place his father’s honor and Rāma’s truthfulness above personal power.