Shloka 18
अम्बा च मम कैकेयी सुमित्रा च त्वया विभो।।3.62.18।।कौसल्या च यथान्यायमभिवाद्या ममाऽज्ञया।रक्षणीया प्रयत्नेन भवता सूक्तकारिणा।।3.62.19।।
ambā ca mama kaikeyī sumitrā ca tvayā vibho | kausalyā ca yathā-nyāyam abhivādyā mamājñayā | rakṣaṇīyā prayatnena bhavatā sūkta-kāriṇā || 3.62.18-19 ||
اور میری مائیں—کیکئی، سُمِترا اور کوسلیا—کو تم، اے صاحبِ جلال، میرے حکم سے دستور کے مطابق ادب سے پرنام کرنا؛ اور تم جو نیک مشورے پر عمل کرنے والے ہو، پوری کوشش سے ان کی حفاظت کرنا۔
My mother Kaikeyi, Sumitra and Kausalya should also be offered due obeisance. You should protect them with great effort, carrying out my instructions.
FAQs
Respect and protection of elders is a binding duty: regardless of conflict or grief, one must honor mothers properly and ensure their safety—this is kula-dharma aligned with satya (upright conduct).
Rāma directs Lakṣmaṇa about proper conduct in Ayodhyā: offer respectful obeisance to the queens and protect them diligently.
Reverence and discipline—maintaining correct behavior toward elders even during crisis.