Valmiki Ramayana 2.9.63: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 9, Shloka 63
मन्थराप्रेरणा · वरद्वय-स्मरणं च
Manthara’s Provocation and the Recalling of Two Boons
यमस्य वा मां विषयं गतामितो निशाम्य कुब्जे प्रतिवेदयिष्यसि ।
वनं गते वा सुचिराय राघवे समृद्धकामो भरतो भविष्यति ॥६३॥
yamasya vā māṃ viṣayaṃ gatām ito niśāmya kubje prative-dayiṣyasi |
vanaṃ gate vā sucirāya rāghave samṛddhakāmo bharato bhaviṣyati ||63||
O garbata, gdy ujrzysz, że odeszłam stąd do krainy Jamy, możesz to zgłosić. Albo też, gdy Raghawa odejdzie do lasu na długi czas, Bharata spełni swoje pragnienia w pełni.
Tell the king that he will see either the fulfilment of Bharata's desire after Rama is banished into the forest for a long period or me gone to Yama's abode.
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It frames a morally charged choice where personal desire (Bharata’s ‘fulfilment’) is set against the righteous order (dharma) embodied by Rāma’s rightful place; the verse highlights how adharma can be pursued through exile and harm.
Kaikeyī speaks as if the outcome is inevitable—either her own death or Rāma’s long exile—using stark ‘either/or’ language to assert a grim certainty; the ethical issue is that this ‘truth-claim’ is used to justify an unjust aim.
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