Valmiki Ramayana 2.24.12: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 24, Shloka 12
कौशल्यारामसंवादः · Kausalya
Rama Dialogue on Exile-Dharma
भर्तुः किल परित्यागो नृशंसः केवलं स्त्रियाः ।
स भवत्या न कर्तव्यो मनसाऽपि विगर्हितः ॥१२॥
bhartuḥ kila parityāgo nṛśaṃsaḥ kevalaṃ striyāḥ |
sa bhavatyā na kartavyo manasā ’pi vigarhitaḥ ||12||
औरत के लिए अपने पति को छोड़ना बहुत बुरी बात है। ऐसा मत करना, यह सोचना भी गलत है।
For a woman, to desert her husband is a cruel act. You must not do that which is contemptible even to think.
FAQs
The verse teaches steadfast loyalty and care within marriage, condemning abandonment as cruelty and as morally wrong even at the level of intention.
Rāma counsels Kauśalyā not to leave or withdraw from Daśaratha after Rāma departs for exile.
Rāma’s moral clarity and protective concern for family order (maryādā) in a moment of emotional upheaval.
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