अयोध्याकाण्डे एकादशोत्तरशततमः सर्गः
Sarga 111: Counsel on Gurus, Parental Debt, and Bharata’s Protest
स हि राजा जनयिता पिता दशरथो मम ।
आज्ञातं यन्मया तस्य न तन्मिथ्या भविष्यति ॥११॥
sa hi rājā janayitā pitā daśaratho mama |
ājñātaṃ yan mayā tasya na tan mithyā bhaviṣyati ||11||
दशरथ राजा मेरे बाप हैं, उन्होंने मुझे पैदा किया। जो भी मैंने उनको वादा किया है, वह कभी झूठा नहीं होगा।
King Dasaratha is my father who begot me. The promise I made him shall not prove false.
Satya as dharma: a promise made to one’s father (and king) must be upheld; truthfulness is treated as non-negotiable moral order.
Rāma affirms that he will not violate the commitment connected to Daśaratha, even amid emotional and political pressure.
Truth-steadfastness (satya-niṣṭhā) and filial loyalty—integrity that refuses convenient reversal.
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