Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12, Shloka 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 ||
राम को विपत्ति में डूबा देखकर समस्त जगत् क्रोध से दहक उठेगा; पिता अपने पुत्रों को त्याग देंगे और प्रेमवती पत्नियाँ भी अपने पतियों को छोड़ देंगी।
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.
FAQs
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.
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