Kaushalya...
The first of all queens to Dashrath's, the maharani,
First to give Ayodhya an heir, be it a daughter not son, but Dashrath was atleast nott childless,
He still remarried twice, in the hope to get a son,
He still promised Kaikeyis father that he will give the throne to her son,
Wasn't this a betrayal?
A betrayal he repeated by marrying Sumitra..
A betrayal he repeated each day of his life life when he favoured Kaikeyi over Kaushalya
A betrayal he affirmed , when he decided to sacrifice his daughter to acquire a son..
He never made amends with Kaushalya, he blamed her for drifting away from him,
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And the second most important person in Kaushalyas life - Ram,
Kaikeyi claimed him as her own, claimed all his good until she banished him,
Claimed that she loved him more than his own mother and that he returned her love,
Kaikeyis love was about vanity, to claim the best, that was Ram,
But Kaushalyas love was selfless, she never claimed,
Anybody or anything,
She never claimed Dashrath, she never claimed the title of first queen, she never even claimed her own son Ram...
She didn't harbour spite against Kaikeyi even when she was the cause of Dasraths death,
Cause for separating her son Ram along with Sita and Laaxman,
She stopped Sumitra from telling Kaikeyi off on Dashrath's deathbed
She stopped Bharat from ill treating his mother
She stopped Kaikeyi from committing suicide,
And Today,
She included Kaikeyi in the contingent that is going to meet a Ram to bring him back,
Not bcoz she hopes Kaikeyi can ask for forgiveness from Ram,
But because Ram loves her , Ram listens to her, Ram will come back if she says so!
Is she real? Is she human?
How can one not have envy, anger, abandonment, after years of neglect and betrayal?
And after such a huge betrayal,both from Dashrath and Kaikeyi?
But Kaushalya was never meant to be real,
She was never meant to be only human,
She was meant to be a DESERVING MOTHER to give birth to LORD RAM,
To bring him into this world,
It was only Kaushalya who was meant for Ram, to be his mother, to set an example,
And what a selfless soul she is...
Bravo Kaushalya
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What day forum members?
Have been wanting to write about Kaushalya for a while, and here it is.