Shloka 2.12.85
द्वादशः सर्गः — Kaikeyi’s Boons and Dasaratha’s Moral Collapse (Ayodhya Kanda 12)
नालं द्वितीयं वचनं पुत्रो मां प्रतिभाषितुम्।स वनं प्रव्रजेत्युक्तो बाढमित्येव वक्ष्यति।।।।
nālaṃ dvitīyaṃ vacanaṃ putro māṃ pratibhāṣitum | sa vanaṃ pravrajety ukto bāḍham ity eva vakṣyati ||
My son will not answer me with a second word; if I tell him, “Go to the forest,” he will only reply, “So be it.”
My son Rama will not say a second word to me, if I tell him 'Go to the forest'.He will say, 'Certainly so'.
The dharma of filial obedience and truthfulness: Rāma is portrayed as one who accepts the father’s command without argument, upholding maryādā (propriety) and satya (integrity).
Daśaratha, pressured by Kaikeyī, anticipates that if he orders Rāma into forest-exile, Rāma will comply immediately without debate.
Rāma’s unwavering obedience and self-discipline—his readiness to accept hardship to preserve righteousness and the father’s word.