सर्गः १९
In which Rāma orders the consecration gear withdrawn, shields Kaikēyī from blame, and lays his exile and lost crown to fate
Rāma asks Lakṣmaṇa to reverse consecration bustle — Rāma bids spare anxious Kaikēyī distress — Rāma recalls no offense to mothers or father — Rāma wishes truth-kept father fearless of otherworld — Rāma foresees Bharata calm consecration after exile — Rāma attributes Kaikēyī change to fate alone — Rāma declares fate irresistible in pleasure and pain — Rāma forbids blaming younger mother overcome by fate — Rāma urges Lakṣmaṇa to withdraw rites without grief