Valmiki Ramayana 2.92.24-26: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 92, Shlokas 24-26
भरद्वाजाश्रमात् चित्रकूटमार्गनिर्देशः · Directions from Bharadvaja’s Hermitage to Chitrakuta
यस्याः कृते नरव्याघ्रौ जीवनाशमितो गतौ ।
राजपुत्रविहीनश्च स्वर्गं दशरथो गतः ॥२४॥
क्रोधनामकृतप्रज्ञां दृप्तां सुभगमानिनीम् ।
ऐश्वर्यकामां कैकेयीमनार्यामार्यारूपिणीम् ॥२५॥
ममैतां मातरं विद्धि नृशंसां पापनिश्चयाम् ।
यतोमूलं हि पश्यामि व्यसनं महदात्मनः ॥२६॥
yasyāḥ kṛte naravyāghrau jīvanāśamito gatau |
rājaputravihīnaśca svargaṃ daśaratho gataḥ ||24||
krodhanāmakṛtaprajñāṃ dṛptāṃ subhagamāninīm |
aiśvaryakāmāṃ kaikeyīmanāryāmāryārūpiṇīm ||25||
mamaitāṃ mātaraṃ viddhi nṛśaṃsāṃ pāpaniścayām |
yatomūlaṃ hi paśyāmi vyasanaṃ mahadātmanaḥ ||26||
Dia adalah ibuku Kaikeyi yang pemarah, kurang bijaksana, sombong, membanggakan kecantikannya, berambisi kekayaan, hina dalam rupa mulia, jahat dan bertekad melakukan dosa. Lihatlah dia. Ketahuilah bahawa kerana dia, Rama dan Lakshmana yang terbaik di kalangan lelaki memasuki hutan yang boleh memusnahkan mereka dan Raja Dasaratha mencapai syurga. Dia sahaja adalah punca malapetaka besar yang aku hadapi sekarang.
She is my mother Kaikeyi who is irascible, lacks the power of discrimination, proud, boastful of her beauty, ambitious of wealth, ignoble in the guise of a noble woman, wicked and intent on sinful acts. Behold her. You may know that because of her, Rama and Lakshmana the best of men entered the forest which may cause their destruction and king Dasaratha attained heaven. She alone is the root of this great calamity that I am presently confronting.
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Bharata demonstrates the difficult dharma of speaking truth even about one's own mother when she has committed adharma. He prioritizes righteousness over blind filial loyalty, showing that dharma demands we acknowledge wrongdoing regardless of personal relationships.
Bharata, having reached Chitrakoot to bring Rama back, is introducing the queens to Sage Bharadwaja. He specifically identifies Kaikeyi and, overcome with grief and anger, condemns her role in causing Rama's exile and Dasharatha's death.
Bharata exemplifies satya (truthfulness) and moral courage. Despite Kaikeyi being his mother, he does not hesitate to identify her as the root cause of the catastrophe, demonstrating that true dharma transcends personal attachments.
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