सुमन्त्रस्य कैकेयी-निन्दा
Sumantra’s Reproof of Kaikeyi in the Royal Assembly
न हि ते विषये कश्चिद् र्ब्राह्मणो वस्तुमर्हति। तादृशं त्वममर्यादमद्य कर्म चिकीर्षसि।।2.35.11।।
na hi te viṣaye kaścid brāhmaṇo vastum arhati | tādṛśaṃ tvam amaryādam adya karma cikīrṣasi ||2.35.11||
诚然,若你今日意欲行此逾越礼法之事,你的国土之中,便无一位婆罗门堪当居住。
Now by your act, you intend to transgress the bounds of tradition(code of conduct). No brahmin shall ever dwell in your country.
Maryādā (normative restraint) is treated as the foundation of a righteous realm; violating it threatens the moral-spiritual fabric of society.
Sumantra warns Kaikeyī that her intended act is so improper that it would make the kingdom unfit for the presence of the righteous.
Sumantra’s insistence on dharmic social responsibility—he links personal wrongdoing to public moral collapse.