Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 13, Shloka 25
अयोध्याकाण्डे त्रयोदशः सर्गः | Kaikeyi Presses the Boons; Dasaratha’s Lament and Collapse
ततस्स राजा पुनरेव मूर्छितःप्रियामतुष्टां प्रतिकूलभाषिणीम्।समीक्ष्य पुत्रस्य विवासनं प्रतिक्षितौ विसंज्ञो निपपात दुखितः।।।।
tataḥ sa rājā punar eva mūrchitaḥ priyām atuṣṭāṃ pratikūla-bhāṣiṇīm | samīkṣya putrasya vivāsanaṃ prati kṣitau visaṃjño nipapāta duḥkhitaḥ ||
ਤਦ ਰਾਜਾ ਫਿਰ ਮੂਰਛਿਤ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ; ਪੁੱਤਰ ਦੇ ਨਿਰਵਾਸਨ ਲਈ ਅੜੀ ਹੋਈ, ਅਸੰਤੁਸ਼ਟ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਰੋਧੀ ਬੋਲ ਬੋਲਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਪ੍ਰਿਯ ਰਾਣੀ ਨੂੰ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ, ਦੁੱਖ ਨਾਲ ਬੇਹੋਸ਼ ਹੋ ਧਰਤੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਡਿੱਗ ਪਿਆ।
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.
FAQs
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.