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Q. Kaikeyi tells Rama, “Please refuse and return back. Adorn
the throne of Ayodhya.” But Rama does not agree. Why
didn’t Rama obey his mother’s words ? Didn’t his resolve
to act according to elder’s wishes break ?

A. Here also you need to prioritize both the things ‘Father
was a great king in the Ikshvakau progeny. It is more
important that the word given by my father does not go
futile. If by chance I sit on the throne then my father,
Dashrath’s word to Kaikeyi that ‘Ok. I give the throne to
Bharat.” will go futile.

Thus Rama thought that he should never become instru-
mental in defecting his family’s legacy, pride and goodwill.
For that, the word that Dashrath had given to Kaikeyi
should not go in vain. It is of utmost importance to stand
by this resolve. Kaikeyi’s words and wishes are secondary
compared to it.

Thus, even when he did not obey Kaikeyi’s wish to accept
the throne of Ayodhya, his sthitapragyata did not decrease.

King Dasharnabhadra’s sthitapragyata :

King Dasharnabhadra thought, “Lord Mahavira - the Lord
of the 3 worlds has come to my doorstep. Hence, I will
go to bow him in the best possible way. No one will have
ever displayed such devotion like me.’’ He strengthened his
resolution and spent all his energy and wealth to decorate the
city and the main roads. With great pomp and show, he led a
procession wherein he adorned the main decorated elephant,
his 500 queens adorned the following 500 elephants and his
huge army followed.

The Indra saw King’s Dasharnabhadra’s pride and to break it,
he led his procession of 64,000 elephants from heaven and
landed on this earth to bow down in Lord’s feet. Seeing this,
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