Shloka 31
कौशल्याया मङ्गलविधानम्
Kausalya’s Benedictions and Protective Rites for Rama
ततस्तस्मै द्विजेन्द्राय राममाता यशस्विनी।दक्षिणां प्रददौ काम्यां राघवं चेदमब्रवीत्।।2.25.31।।
tatas tasmai dvijendrāya rāmamātā yaśasvinī |
dakṣiṇāṃ pradadau kāmyāṃ rāghavaṃ cedam abravīt ||2.25.31||
അപ്പോൾ യശസ്വിനിയായ രാമമാതാവ് ആ ദ്വിജേന്ദ്രനു അഭിലഷിതമായ ദക്ഷിണ അർപ്പിച്ചു; പിന്നെ രാഘവനോടു ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞു.
The illustrious Kausalya, mother of Rama gave abundant gifts to the best of the brahmins and thereafter said to him:
FAQs
Dharma includes gratitude and proper completion of sacred acts: giving dakṣiṇā honors learning and ritual service, sustaining the moral economy of society.
After arranging protective rites, Kauśalyā completes the ritual sequence by gifting the officiant and then begins her benedictions to Rāma.
Generosity joined to propriety—dāna performed as a duty, not as display.