Valmiki Ramayana 2.112.6: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 112, Shloka 6
पादुकाप्रदानम्
The Gift of the Sandals and Delegated Kingship
सदाऽनृणमिमं रामं वयमिच्छामहे पितुः ।
आनृणत्वाच्च कैकेय्याः स्वर्गम् दशरथो गतः ॥६॥
sadā anṛṇam imaṃ rāmaṃ vayam icchāmahe pituḥ |
ānṛṇatvāc ca kaikeyyāḥ svargaṃ daśaratho gataḥ ||6||
हमें यह चाहिए कि राम अपने पिता का कोई कर्ज़ न रखे। दशरथ जी स्वर्ग चले गए क्योंकि उन्होंने कैकेयी का काम पूरा कर दिया था। अब वो कर्ज़ से आज़ाद थे।
We always desire that Rama should discharge his debt to his father. Dasaratha, who by redeeming himself of his obligation to Kaikeyi, had ascended heaven.
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Dharma is framed as honoring obligations (ṛṇa): moral life requires discharging rightful debts—especially to parents and through truth-bound promises.
Sages justify why Rāma must adhere to the exile decision: it preserves the father’s pledged word and keeps Rāma ethically ‘unindebted.’
Rāma’s steadfast truthfulness and dutifulness—his willingness to bear hardship so that dharma and ancestral honor remain intact.
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