सीतारावणसंवादः
Ravana Reveals Himself; Sita Affirms Rama’s Dharma
तस्मिन्सम्भ्रियमाणे तु राघवस्याभिषेचने।कैकेयी नाम भर्तारमार्या सा याचते वरम्।।3.47.6।।
tasmin sambhriyamāṇe tu rāghavasyābhiṣecane | kaikeyī nāma bhartāram āryā sā yācate varam || 3.47.6 ||
جب راگھو (رام) کے راج تلک کی تیاریاں ہو رہی تھیں، تب شریفہ کیکئی نے اپنے پتی سے ایک ور مانگا۔
Arrangements for consecration were on when queen Kaikeyi sought a boon from the king.
It introduces the tension between satya (keeping promises) and dharma (righteous outcomes), a central moral problem in the epic.
During coronation preparations, Kaikeyī invokes a boon from the king, setting in motion the exile narrative.
Implicitly, the king’s commitment to truth (promise-keeping) is foregrounded as the coming ethical test.