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Shloka 6.122.19

दशरथदर्शनम् — Dasharatha’s Epiphany and Benedictions (Sarga 122)

सिद्धार्थाखलुकौसल्यायात्वांराम गृहंगतम् ।वनान्निवृत्तंसंहृष्टाद्रक्ष्यतेशत्रुसूदनम् ।।।।

siddhārthā khalu kausalyā yā tvāṃ rāma gṛhaṃ gatam |

vanān nivṛttaṃ saṃhṛṣṭā drakṣyate śatrusūdanam ||

Rāma, when you return home from the forest—your purpose fulfilled, destroyer of foes—Kausalyā will behold you with great joy.

"Rama! Kausalya will see you, as an accomplished one, as a destroyer of enemies, on returning home from the forest and will be highly rejoiced."

R
Rāma
K
Kausalyā
F
forest (vana)
H
home (gṛha)

Dharma as steadfast completion of one’s vowed duty: Rāma’s return signifies the successful fulfilment of exile and the restoration of righteous order.

Daśaratha, in a visionary or posthumous appearance, anticipates Rāma’s return from forest-life and the joy it will bring to Kausalyā.

Rāma’s steadfastness and victory in service of righteousness—being ‘siddhārtha’ (purpose-fulfilled) and ‘śatrusūdana’ (protector who defeats hostile forces).