Shloka 29
मन्थराप्रेरणा—वरद्वय-स्मरणं च
Manthara’s Provocation and the Recalling of Two Boons
यदातु ते वरं दद्यात्स्वयमुत्थाप्य राघवः।व्यवस्थाप्य महाराजं त्वमिमं वृणुया वरम्।।।।
yadā tu te varaṃ dadyāt svayam utthāpya rāghavaḥ | vyavasthāpya mahārājaṃ tvam imaṃ vṛṇuyā varam ||
جب راگھو (دشرتھ) خود تمہیں اٹھا کر تمہیں ور دینے کو آمادہ ہو، تو تم اس مہاراج کو اپنے عزم پر قائم کر دو—اور پھر یہی ور مانگ لو۔
When Dasaratha personally lifts you from the floor and asks you what you want you may make him settle down and ask him for these boons:
FAQs
It shows how a righteous commitment (a king’s pledged boon) can be strategically cornered; the dharmic tension is between truth-keeping and the justice of what is demanded.
Mantharā outlines the precise moment and method by which Kaikeyī should press Daśaratha to grant the intended requests.
Daśaratha’s compassion and honor (lifting her up, offering a boon) are the very qualities being used to bind him.