Originally posted by: vaidharbhi95
From Dasharath pov , he surely did according to me . He never told about such a vachan to Kausalya or Ram . There was never this discussion with Bharat that he deserved it .
It was large hearted of Kaikeyi till that point to not differentiate but her father meant her biological son and so did Dasharath when he gave a boon . ( He would not have thought that Kaushalya will give birth to the elder son then )
Well Dashrath ji always kept Kakeyi maa above the other 2 wives of his and I think the vachan thing was more a husband wife thing till Kaikeyi maa made it political.
I don't think it was large hearted of Kaikeyi maa, Kaushalya maa was his first wife Kaikeyi maa already knew it still both father and daughter asked Dashrath ji for the promise (I am just talking about this serial as this promise is not mentioned in Valmiki Ramayan) , Dashrath ji also gave her that, it was not fair to Kaunshalya Maa still she loved his other two wives like sister I think in this serial that's Kaikeyi's maa arc, feeling the love the other 2 wives of her husband she also moulded, she felt secure of her power and position and that's why loved all of them equally but Manthara again made her feel insecure which lead to Ramayan
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