Valmiki Ramayana 2.9.16: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 9, Shloka 16
मन्थराप्रेरणा · वरद्वय-स्मरणं च
Manthara’s Provocation and the Recalling of Two Boons
अपवाह्य त्वया देवि सङ्ग्रामान्नष्टचेतनः ।
तत्रापि विक्षतश्शस्त्रैः पतिस्ते रक्षितस्त्वया ॥१६॥
apavāhya tvayā devi saṅgrāmān naṣṭacetanaḥ |
tatrāpi vikṣataḥ śastraiḥ patis te rakṣitas tvayā ||16||
देवी, जब तुम्हारा पति बेहोश हो गया, तुमने उसे लड़ाई के मैदान से उठा लिया। तुमने उसे बचा लिया। वो हथियारों से ज़ख्मी थे, पर तुम्हारी वजह से उनकी जान बच गई।
O queen! you had protected your husband by carrying him away from the battlefieldwhen he lost his consciousness. He was saved by you. Once again you saved him when he lay wounded with weapons (hurled) by the asuras.
FAQs
Dharma is expressed as protective care and loyalty in crisis; saving a life at personal risk becomes a moral ground for rightful gratitude.
Mantharā recalls how Kaikeyī rescued Daśaratha from the battlefield when he was unconscious and wounded.
Courageous devotion and readiness to protect—acting decisively to preserve life.
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