Shloka 23
तस्मात्त्वयाऽद्य प्रभृति निशेयं नियतात्मना।सह वध्वोपवस्तव्या दर्भप्रस्तरशायिना।।2.4.23।।
tasmāt tvayā ’dya prabhṛti niśeyaṃ niyatātmanā | saha vadhvopavastavyā darbhaprastaraśāyinā || 2.4.23 ||
اس لیے آج رات سے ہی، ضبطِ نفس کے ساتھ—اپنی زوجہ کے ہمراہ—تمہیں اُپواس رکھنا چاہیے اور دَربھ گھاس کی بچھائی پر سو جانا چاہیے۔
Therefore, you and my daughter-in-law (Sita) should fast tonight and sleep on a bed of darbha or kusha grass with self-restraint.
FAQs
Dharma is supported by self-discipline and ritual purity: leadership is approached through restraint, not indulgence.
Preparations for the consecration begin; Daśaratha directs Rāma (and Sītā) to observe vows customary before a royal rite.
Rāma’s (and Sītā’s) tapas-like self-control—readiness to undertake austerity for a public duty.