Valmiki Ramayana 2.30.31: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30, Shloka 31
सीताया वनानुगमननिश्चयः · Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest
न खल्वहं न गच्छेयं वनं जनकनन्दिनि।वचनं तन्नयति मां पितु स्सत्योपबृंहितम्।।2.30.31।।
na khalv ahaṃ na gaccheyaṃ vanaṃ janaka-nandini | vacanaṃ tan nayati māṃ pituḥ satyopabṛṃhitam || 2.30.31 ||
जनक की बेटी, मैं वन जाने से नहीं डरती। मैं तो जाऊँगी। मेरे पिता का हुक्म है, और वो सच है। यह हुक्म मुझे वन की तरफ ले जा रहा है।
Not that I shall not go to the forest (go I must). My father's word nourished by truth isleading me there, O daughter of Janaka!
FAQs
Satya and obedience to a father’s truthful command are treated as binding dharma, even when they demand personal loss.
Rāma clarifies that exile is not optional; he goes because Daśaratha’s word, grounded in truth, compels him.
Filial piety and truth-allegiance—Rāma subordinates preference to the moral force of a truthful promise.
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