Valmiki Ramayana 2.11.25: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 11, Shloka 25
कैकेयीवरप्रार्थना
Kaikeyi Demands the Two Boons
यो द्वितीयो वरो देव दत्तः प्रीतेन मे त्वया।।।।तदा दैवासुरे युद्धे तस्य कालोऽयमागत।
yo dvitīyo varo deva dattaḥ prītena me tvayā | tadā daivāsure yuddhe tasya kālo 'yam āgataḥ ||
यो द्वितीयो वरो देव प्रीतेन मे त्वया दत्तः, तदा दैवासुरे युद्धे—तस्यायं कालोऽद्यागतः।
Then in the war between gods and asuras, O lord!, pleased with me you havepromised a second boon and the time has come to grant it.
FAQs
A pledged boon is treated as morally time-bound: once the claimant invokes it, dharma demands fulfillment—regardless of the personal cost to the promiser.
Kaikeyī transitions from the first boon (Bharata’s coronation) to the second, asserting that the moment has come to enforce it.
Daśaratha’s reliability (satya and promise-keeping) is the central virtue under pressure, as Kaikeyī frames the boon as now due.
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