Valmiki Ramayana 2.24.32: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 24, Shloka 32
कौशल्यारामसंवादः
Kausalya–Rama Dialogue on Exile-Dharma
गमने सुकृतां बुद्धिं न ते शक्नोमि पुत्रक।विनिवर्तयितुं वीर नूनं कालो दुरत्ययः।।2.24.32।।
gamane sukṛtāṃ buddhiṃ na te śaknomi putraka |
vinivartayituṃ vīra nūnaṃ kālo duratyayaḥ || 2.24.32 ||
बाळा, प्रस्थानासाठी तुझी बुद्धी दृढ झाली आहे; ती मी परत फिरवू शकत नाही. हे वीर, निश्चयच काळाचे विधान दुर्जेय आहे.
I am unable to dissuade you, O my brave son, from your firm resolve to go to the forest. It is surely difficult (for me) to bide time.
FAQs
Acceptance of truth (satya) about impermanence: even when one cannot change events, one speaks honestly and meets dharma with endurance.
Kauśalyā concedes she cannot dissuade Rāma from exile and attributes the inevitability to kāla (time/fate).
Truthful resignation and emotional fortitude—she acknowledges reality while still grieving.
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