Valmiki Ramayana 2.30.32: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30, Shloka 32
सीताया वनानुगमननिश्चयः · Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest
एष धर्मस्तु सुश्रोणि पितुर्मातुश्च वश्यता ।
अतश्च तं व्यतिक्रम्य नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे ॥३२॥
eṣa dharmas tu suśroṇi pitur mātuś ca vaśyatā |
ataś ca taṃ vyatikramya nāhaṃ jīvitum utsahe ||32||
Esto en verdad es dharma, oh de hermosas caderas: la obediencia al padre y a la madre. Por eso, si lo transgrediera, no tendría ánimo para vivir.
Obedience to parents is a righteous act. Therefore, O one with fair hips! I cannot live and disobey the word of truth.
FAQs
Obedience to parents is explicitly defined as dharma; violating it is portrayed as morally unbearable—worse than death.
Rāma concludes his justification: he must uphold the parental command and truth, even at the cost of exile.
Uncompromising integrity—Rāma treats dharma and satya as life-defining commitments.
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