Ayodhya Kaanda
65 - Dialogue between Sri Rama and mother Kaikeyi
Chaupais
Description
The queen rejoiced to find Sri Rama inclined towards her proposal and said with a false show of affection, "I swear by yourself and Bharata that no other cause of the king's affliction is known to me. You are hardly capable of any offence, dear son, a source of delight that you are to your parents and brothers. What you say is all true; you are devoted to the words of your father and mother. I adjure you to argue with your father that he may not incur opprobrium in the evening of his life. It is hardly desirable for him to disregard the virtues (truthfulness etc.) that have fetched him a son like you." These polite words adorned her detestable mouth even as sacred spots like Gaya beautify the accursed land of Magadha (South Bihar). All these words from His stepmother sounded pleasant to Rama in the same way as waters of all kinds are hallowed through their confluence with the holy Ganga.