अष्टादशः सर्गः
Kaikeyī Discloses the Boons: Exile to Daṇḍaka and Bharata’s Consecration
तमार्जवसमायुक्तमनार्या सत्यवादिनम्।उवाच रामं कैकेयी वचनं भृशदारुणम्।।।।
tam ārjava-samāyuktam anāryā satyavādinam |
uvāca rāmaṃ kaikeyī vacanaṃ bhṛśa-dāruṇam ||2.18.31||
ఆర్జవం మరియు సత్యవచనంలో స్థిరుడైన రామునితో, అనార్యురాలైన కైకేయి అత్యంత క్రూరమైన మాటలను పలికింది।
To Rama who was devoted to truth and to rectitude of conduct the ignobale Kaikeyi said:
Ethics of speech and character: the text contrasts truthful rectitude with cruel, self-serving speech, implying that dharma includes how one speaks to the virtuous.
The narrator frames Kaikeyī’s forthcoming demand by highlighting Rāma’s virtues and the harshness of what she is about to say.
Rāma’s ārjava (straightforward integrity) and satya (truthfulness), set against Kaikeyī’s moral deviation.
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