Valmiki Ramayana 2.13.11: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 13, Shloka 11
अयोध्याकाण्डे त्रयोदशः सर्गः | Kaikeyi Presses the Boons; Dasaratha’s Lament and Collapse
सुखानामुचितस्यैव दुःखैरनुचितस्य च ।
दुखं नामानुपश्येयं कथं रामस्य धीमतः ॥११॥
sukhānāmucitasyaiva duḥkhairanucitasya ca |
dukhaṃ nāmānupaśyeyaṃ kathaṃ rāmasya dhīmataḥ ||11||
พระรามทรงเหมาะแก่ความสุข มิใช่แก่ความทุกข์; เราจะทนเห็นพระรามผู้ทรงปัญญานั้นตกอยู่ในความเดือดร้อนได้อย่างไร?
Rama deserves happiness not suffering. How can I bear to see such a sagacious Rama undergoing distress?
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Dharma aligns reward with virtue: the righteous should not be made to suffer through unjust power, and a ruler must protect the deserving.
Daśaratha protests the moral absurdity of forcing suffering upon the wise and virtuous Rāma.
Rāma’s dhī (wisdom) and worthiness, making his imposed suffering ethically intolerable to a conscientious father-king.
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