कौशल्यारामसंवादः
Kausalya–Rama Dialogue on Exile-Dharma
व्रतोपवासनिरता या नारी परमोत्तमा।भर्तारं नानुवर्तेत सा तु पापगतिर्भवेत्।।2.24.25।।
vratopavāsa-niratā yā nārī paramottamā | bhartāraṃ nānuvarteta sā tu pāpa-gatir bhavet || 2.24.25 ||
جو ناری برترین ہو، ورت اور اُپواس میں رَت بھی ہو، اگر وہ اپنے پتی کا ساتھ نہ دے اور اس کی پیروی نہ کرے تو وہ گناہ آلود انجام کو پہنچتی ہے۔
A woman may be highly pious engaged in vows and fastings, but if she does not follow her husband, she will be condemned to hell.
The verse asserts a role-based ethic: ritual piety (vows/fasts) is considered incomplete without fidelity to one’s primary relational duty within marriage.
Rāma discourages Kauśalyā from leaving the palace by emphasizing her duty to remain aligned with Daśaratha rather than follow Rāma to the forest.
Rāma’s insistence on maryādā—prioritizing established duties over emotion-driven choices.
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