द्वादशः सर्गः — Kaikeyi’s Boons and Dasaratha’s Moral Collapse
Ayodhya Kanda 12
मया रामेण च त्यक्तं शाश्वतं सत्कृतं गुणैः।।।।इक्ष्वाकुकुलमक्षोभ्यमाकुलं पालयिष्यसि।
mayā rāmeṇa ca tyaktaṃ śāśvataṃ satkṛtaṃ guṇaiḥ | ikṣvākukulamakṣobhyam ākulaṃ pālayiṣyasi ||
என்னாலும் ராமனாலும் கைவிடப்பட்ட, நற்குணங்களால் என்றும் போற்றப்படும் அசைக்க முடியாத இக்ஷ்வாகு குலத்தை நீ ஆள்வாய்; ஆனால் அது கலக்கம் மற்றும் துயரால் குழம்பிப் போகும்.
You will rule undisturbed the Ikshvaku race honoured for its divine virtues. Now abandoned by me and Rama it will be afflicted with grief.
Dharma of governance: a ruler’s legitimacy rests on virtue and stability; removing the righteous heir fractures social order and harms the dynasty’s moral standing.
Daśaratha warns Kaikeyī that even if she attains control, the kingdom and dynasty will be distressed without him and Rāma.
Rāma’s role as the stabilizing dharmic center of the dynasty—his absence is portrayed as societal upheaval.
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