Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 13, Shloka 11
अयोध्याकाण्डे त्रयोदशः सर्गः | Kaikeyi Presses the Boons; Dasaratha’s Lament and Collapse
सुखानामुचितस्यैव दुःखैरनुचितस्य च।दुखं नामानुपश्येयं कथं रामस्य धीमतः।।।।
sukhānām ucitasyaiva duḥkhair anucitasya ca, duḥkhaṃ nāmānupaśyeyaṃ kathaṃ rāmasya dhīmataḥ.
സുഖത്തിനേ യോജ്യനും ദുഃഖത്തിനൊട്ടും അർഹനല്ലാത്ത ധീമാനായ രാമൻ ദുഃഖത്തിൽ ആകുന്നത് ഞാൻ എങ്ങനെ സഹിച്ച് കാണും?
Rama with a charming personality has a complexion like the blue lotus. He has long arms (with immense strength). How can I banish him to Dandaka forest?
FAQs
Dharma aligns reward with virtue: the righteous should not be made to suffer through unjust power, and a ruler must protect the deserving.
Daśaratha protests the moral absurdity of forcing suffering upon the wise and virtuous Rāma.
Rāma’s dhī (wisdom) and worthiness, making his imposed suffering ethically intolerable to a conscientious father-king.