Valmiki Ramayana 2.14.2: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 14, Shloka 2
सत्यपाशः · Kaikeyi’s Demand and the Noose of the King’s Promise
पापं कृत्वैव किमिदं मम संश्रुत्य संश्रवम् ।
शेषे क्षितितले सन्नः स्थित्यां स्थातुं त्वमर्हसि ॥२॥
pāpaṃ kṛtvaiva kim idaṃ mama saṃśrutya saṃśravam |
śeṣe kṣiti-tale sannaḥ sthityāṃ sthātuṃ tvam arhasi ||2||
これはどうしたことだ、まるで罪を犯したかのように。汝が約した恩寵への我が返答を聞いたのに、なぜ落胆して地に伏しているのか。王妃としての位にふさわしく、毅然と立つがよい。
(Kaikeyi said) What is this? After hearing my response to the promised boon, why are you lying down on the floor dejected as if you had committed a sin? It behovesyou to maintain your status.
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Kaikeyī appeals to satya as binding: a pledged boon must be upheld, and a king should not collapse from remorse once his word is invoked.
Kaikeyī confronts Daśaratha, questioning his despair and pressing him to act according to the promised boons.
From Kaikeyī’s framing, the emphasized trait is steadfastness to one’s declared word; however, her use of it is coercive within the episode.
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