Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 24, Shloka 28
कौशल्यारामसंवादः
Kausalya–Rama Dialogue on Exile-Dharma
अग्निकार्येषु च सदा सुमनोभिश्च देवताः।पूज्यास्ते मत्कृते देवि बाह्मणाश्चैव सुव्रताः।।2.24.28।।
agnikāryeṣu ca sadā sumanobhiś ca devatāḥ |
pūjyās te matkṛte devi brāhmaṇāś caiva suvratāḥ || 2.24.28 ||
અને હે દેવી, મારા હિતાર્થે તું સદા અગ્નિકાર્યોમાં સુમન (ફૂલ) લઈને દેવતાઓની પૂજા કરજે; તેમજ સુવ્રત બ્રાહ્મણોને પણ યથોચિત સન્માન કરજે.
Looking forward to my return, spend your time this way with moderate intake, a mind under control and a life devoted to the service of your husband.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld through nitya-karma (regular sacred duties) and honoring the worthy—maintaining ritual and social-sacred obligations even amid crisis.
Before leaving for the forest, Rāma asks his mother to continue household rites and to respect vow-keeping brahmins.
Rāma’s sense of responsibility: he connects personal separation with continuity of dharmic practice and support of religious life.