Valmiki Ramayana 2.13.25: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 13, Shloka 25
अयोध्याकाण्डे त्रयोदशः सर्गः | Kaikeyi Presses the Boons; Dasaratha’s Lament and Collapse
ततस्स राजा पुनरेव मूर्छितः प्रियामतुष्टां प्रतिकूलभाषिणीम् ।
समीक्ष्य पुत्रस्य विवासनं प्रति क्षितौ विसंज्ञो निपपात दुखितः ॥२५॥
tataḥ sa rājā punar eva mūrchitaḥ priyām atuṣṭāṃ pratikūla-bhāṣiṇīm |
samīkṣya putrasya vivāsanaṃ prati kṣitau visaṃjño nipapāta duḥkhitaḥ ||25||
അപ്പോൾ രാജാവ് വീണ്ടും മൂർഛിച്ചു; പുത്രന്റെ വനവാസം ആവശ്യപ്പെട്ട് തൃപ്തിയില്ലാതെ വിരോധവാക്കുകൾ പറയുന്ന പ്രിയരാജ്ഞിയെ കണ്ടു, ദുഃഖത്തിൽ ബോധം നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ട് നിലത്തേക്ക് വീണു.
Seeing his dear wife not pleased (despite his pleadings) and urging him, to the contrary, for the banishment of his son, the king overcome with grief fell down unconscious on the floor.
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The verse highlights the crushing weight of conflicting duties: personal love and paternal care collide with the binding force of promises (satya), producing moral and emotional collapse.
Kaikeyī persists in demanding Rāma’s exile; Daśaratha, overwhelmed, faints and falls.
Daśaratha’s deep attachment and moral sensitivity—his body reacts to the unbearable ethical conflict.
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