Valmiki Ramayana 2.12.71: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12, Shloka 71
द्वादशः सर्गः · Kaikeyi’s Boons and Dasaratha’s Moral Collapse
Ayodhya Kanda 12
विप्रकारं च रामस्य सम्प्रयाणं वनस्य च।।।।सुमित्रा प्रेक्ष्य वै भीता कथं मे विश्वसिष्यति।
viprakāraṃ ca rāmasya samprayāṇaṃ vanasya ca,
sumitrā prekṣya vai bhītā kathaṃ me viśvasiṣyati?
जब सुमित्रा देखेगी कि राम को बुरा किया गया और उसे जंगल भेज दिया गया। वो डर के मारे मुझपे फिर कभी भरोसा ही नहीं करेगी। मैं कैसे समझाऊं उसे कि मैंने कोई गलती नहीं की?
I have done many favours to you. Like a sick person afflicted by eating rice mixed with unwholesome curry, those acts of kindness are burning me now.
FAQs
Dharma in governance and family life requires maintaining trust through just action. When a ruler wrongs the virtuous, even close relations lose faith in his moral authority.
Daśaratha anticipates the reaction of Sumitrā (mother of Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna) upon witnessing Rāma’s humiliation and exile.
The value of trustworthiness (viśvāsa-yogyatā) in a king: Daśaratha fears he will no longer appear reliable or righteous to his own household.
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