Valmiki Ramayana 2.24.27 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 24, Shloka 27
कौशल्यारामसंवादः
Kausalya–Rama Dialogue on Exile-Dharma
शुश्रूषामेव कुर्वीत भर्तुः प्रियहिते रता।एष धर्मः पुरा दृष्टो लोके वेदे श्रुतः स्मृतः।।2.24.27।।
śuśrūṣām eva kurvīta bhartuḥ priyahite ratā |
eṣa dharmaḥ purā dṛṣṭo loke vede śrutaḥ smṛtaḥ || 2.24.27 ||
భర్తకు ప్రియమూ హితమూ కలిగించుటలో నిమగ్నమై, పతివ్రత అయిన స్త్రీ భర్త సేవనే చేయవలెను. ఇదే ధర్మము—ప్రాచీనకాలమునుండి లోకములో దర్శింపబడినది, వేదములో శ్రుతమైనది, స్మృతులలో స్థిరంగా ప్రతిపాదితమైనది.
For my sake, O devi! worship the fire-god with offerings of oblations and flowers, and brahmins who are true to religious vows.
FAQs
Dharma is framed as socially and scripturally validated duty: steadfast, benevolent service within one’s role, aligned with what supports the household’s moral order.
As Rāma prepares to depart for exile, he instructs his mother on proper conduct and religious-ethical stability during his absence.
Rāma’s maryādā (normative righteousness): he anchors advice in tradition (loka), revelation (Veda), and remembered law (Smṛti).
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