Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 9, Shloka 32
मन्थराप्रेरणा—वरद्वय-स्मरणं च
Manthara’s Provocation and the Recalling of Two Boons
रामप्रव्राजनं चैव देवि याचस्व तं वरम्।एवं सिद्ध्यन्ति पुत्रस्य सर्वार्थास्तव भामिनि।।।।
rāmapravrājanaṃ caiva devi yācasva taṃ varam | evaṃ siddhyanti putrasya sarvārthās tava bhāmini ||
ಹೇ ದೇವಿ, ಆ ವರವಾಗಿ ರಾಮನ ಪ್ರವ್ರಾಜನವನ್ನೂ ಬೇಡು; ಹೀಗೆ, ಹೇ ಭಾಮಿನಿ, ನಿನ್ನ ಪುತ್ರನ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಉದ್ದೇಶಗಳು ಸಿದ್ಧಿಯಾಗುವವು.
O Devi! demand Rama's exile as a boon. O lovely queen! this way all the interestsof your son will be fulfilled (protected).
FAQs
It demonstrates ‘ends justify means’ reasoning, which the epic ultimately critiques; dharma demands that rightful aims be pursued through righteous means.
Mantharā presses Kaikeyī to include Rāma’s exile explicitly among the boons to secure Bharata’s position.
Maternal partiality is invoked—concern for one’s child—yet it is pushed beyond dharma into harmful favoritism.