Shloka 2.12.104
द्वादशः सर्गः — Kaikeyi’s Boons and Dasaratha’s Moral Collapse (Ayodhya Kanda 12)
परित्यजेयुः पितरो हि पुत्रान्भार्याः पतींश्चापि कृतानुरागाः।कृत्स्नं हि सर्वं कुपितं जगत्स्याद्दृष्ट्वैव रामं व्यसने निमग्नम्।।।।
parityajeyuḥ pitaro hi putrān bhāryāḥ patīṃś cāpi kṛtānurāgāḥ | kṛtsnaṃ hi sarvaṃ kupitaṃ jagat syād dṛṣṭvaiva rāmaṃ vyasane nimagnam ||
Seeing Rāma plunged into calamity, the whole world would blaze with anger; fathers would forsake their sons, and wives—though devoted—would abandon even their husbands.
This entire world will be inflamed to see Rama plunged in adversity. Fathers will abandon their sons. Wives, attached to their husbands, will forsake them.
Dharma is social and public: when a righteous person is unjustly harmed, it destabilizes collective ethics and loyalty, provoking moral outrage and disorder.
Daśaratha predicts sweeping social upheaval if Rama is forced into misfortune.
Rama’s moral authority: his suffering is portrayed as intolerable to society because he embodies righteousness.