Originally posted by: Celinacrescent
An interesting thing to note in Valmiki Ramayana
1.Dashrath before his marriage to kaikeyi swear an oath ( vachan ) to her father that her first born will become the next King of Ayoddhya After irrespective of the number of wives he had.It was much before the 2 boons asked by kaikeyi.
2.Now there was a loophole during those times that if u have made a promise to someone just to get married,u r under no obligation to fulfill it.
So ideally even with Ram in the scene ,Bharat should be made the next king.
So this in no way resonates to the tagline of Raghuvanshis that "रघुकुल रीति सदा चली आयी, प्राण जाइ पर वचन न जाइ" as it is penned by Tulsidas and hence was not in original VR.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
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