Shloka 101
द्वादशः सर्गः — Kaikeyi’s Boons and Dasaratha’s Moral Collapse
Ayodhya Kanda 12
कस्यैतद्धारुणं वाक्यमेवंविधमचिन्तितम्।।।।रामस्यारण्यगमनं भरतस्याभिषेचनम्।
kasyaitad dhāruṇaṃ vākyam evaṃvidham acintitam | rāmasyāraṇya-gamanaṃ bharatasyābhiṣecanam ||
Siapakah yang mengucapkan kata-kata kejam ini, rancangan yang tak terbayangkan: Rama pergi ke rimba, dan Bharata ditahbiskan sebagai raja?
Whose are these dreadful words, this inconceivable plan of Rama's exilement and Bharata's enthronement?
FAQs
Dharma rejects adharmic manipulation: the verse frames the plan as ‘unthinkable,’ implying it violates natural justice and rightful succession grounded in merit and truth.
Daśaratha reacts in disbelief to the proposal that Rama be exiled and Bharata enthroned.
Daśaratha’s sense of moral order and legitimacy in kingship, even amid emotional collapse.