एकोनचत्वारिंशः सर्गः · Dasaratha’s Lament, Sumantra’s Commission, and Sita’s Vow of Marital Dharma
एकस्याः खलु कैकेय्याः कृतेऽयं क्लिश्यते जनः ।
स्वार्थे प्रयतमानायाः संश्रित्य निकृतिं त्विमाम् ॥७॥
ekasyāḥ khalu kaikeyyāḥ kṛte 'yaṃ kliśyate janaḥ |
svārthe prayatamānāyāḥ saṃśritya nikṛtiṃ tv imām ||7||
Ek Kaikeyi ki wajah se poora shahar dukhi ho raha hai. Woh apna fayda dekh ke chal rahi hai. Usne dhoka deke kaam kiya hai.
Only because of Kaikeyi who resorted to this deception in pursuit of selfish ends so many people are made to suffer.
Condemnation of svārtha (selfishness) and nikṛti (deceit): private ambition that violates truth and harms the many is portrayed as adharma.
Daśaratha attributes the widespread misery in the palace to Kaikeyī’s self-serving plot that triggers Rāma’s exile.
Moral discernment—recognizing deceit as ethically corrosive and socially destructive.
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