urmila and kausalya...the story is taken from sermons of reowned spiritual guru
it is said tht after the sad demise of king dasharatha kausalya lamented greatly her suffering was beyond imagination immdetiately after the demise kauslya ran in kaikeyi chamber and rebuked her in the words of sage valmiki (excerpts from valmiki ramayana)
"O Kaikeyi the cruel one and the doer of evils! You be there, having fulfilled your desires. Deserting the king, you can enjoy the kingdom undisturbed and without any hindrance..."Rama has left me and gone to the forest. My husband too has left for heaven. I do not wish to live, as one left behind by a caravan in a wrong road..."Which woman would wish to survive, leaving her husband who was divine, except Kaikeyi who kicked off righteousness?""A greedy person cannot understand one's faults, like one who eats a forbidden dish. Due to that hump- backed woman, Kaikeyi has ruined the race of Raghu dynasty.""Today itself, I too in devotion to my husband, will meet my appointed end. I shall enter the fire, duly embracing this body of my husband...v sarga 66ayodhya kand http://www.valmikiramayan.net/ayodhya/sarga66/ayodhya_66_frame.htm
saying tht kauslya ordered maid to lit the pyre as she wished to be sati alongwith her husband...the condition was crucial as lord rama lord lakshmana sitaji were in the forest exile bharat and shatrughan were away with their wives and saumitra wasnt in her senses in such scenario the ministers paid visit to urmila and pleaded her to handle the situation wen urmila heard about kausalya pran she immediately ran and fall on the feet of kausalya she said " oh mother...u r my source of energy my spirit my soul ur blessing is like the cool breeze in the desert...my lady my lord had bestowed me to you he had asked me to look after u... u r laskhman's treasure tht he kept under my responsibility if something dreadful happens how will i show my face to lord rama my sister sita and my lakshmana they had shown their faith on me..plz dont do this to me...oh mother its a request plz gave up ur vow plz mother show mercy on me...i could bear the separation from lakshman becoz the mother like u is present my besides plz mother dont leave me i need u in the time of distress i m like a lifeless branch i m like dry shriveled leaf without my lord its u who fuel pran in me...plz mother i beg of u and if u have decided to be sati plz order another pyre i will burn to ashes with you i wife of laskhmana would rather die than to show my face to my husband...mother i know ur plight but for ur ayodhya u have to stay alive for ram for sita for lakshman and for ur daughter urmila u have to stay alive
kausalya looked in her teary eyes and embraced her she gave up the thought of being sati and since tht day
in other passage in chitrakoot wen saumitra asked lakshmanji about the message to urmila he said plz ask her to take care of kakeyi maa too..mother, mandavi and shutakirti are there to serve u and kausalya maa but for kakeyi maa there is noone ask urmila to plz serve her and consider her as mother like...wen urmila heard this urmila became the first maid of kakeyi she moved in her chamber and her sole purpose was to make her mother in laws: kakeyi and kausalya happy ...she served them whole day and night and like lakshmanji she never closed her eyelid and remained awakened serving her MIL and praying for her husband
wen sitaji returned to ayodhya she took the lessons on how to serve rightousley mother in law from urmila it was the gratitude tht sitaji showed to urmila...😳