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wife turned the whole thing into different way. Sometimes Mahara-
ja Dasaratha was suffering from what is called whitlow, some trou-
ble in the finger? And this queen served him very nicely, and he
was pleased. And he said, “My dear Sarmishtha, if you want some
benediction from me, I can give you.” And she replied that “I shall
ask you for the benediction when I require it. Not now.” So just one
day before Lord Ramacandra’s coronation, she approached her hus-
band Maharaja Dasaratha and reminded him, “My dear husband,
you promised to give me some benediction, and I told you that I
shall ask you when I require it.” Maharaja Dasaratha said,
“Yes, I remember. You want some benediction just now?” She said,
“Yes.” “And what is that?” She said that “Ramacandra cannot be
seated on the throne. My son should be coronated, Bharata.” He
was surprised. It is a big demand. So he said, “All right. That will
be done. Your son.” Because formerly, the kings... Not only former-
ly, even up to date, there are many kshatriya kings in India. They
have more than one wife. And they are, naturally, there is rivalry
between different wives. So the same thing. Human psychology is
the same. Even two million years ago the same mentality was
there, and she asked that “My son should be the king, not Rama-
candra.” Ramacandra happened to be the son of Kausalya, the el-
der queen.

So Maharaja Dasaratha agreed and called for Ramacandra. “My
dear boy, your...” She asked also that... She was very diplomatic.
She wanted that Ramacandra go to forest for fourteen years. The
idea was political, that “The king may agree to install my son just
now. Now, after a few days, this Ramacandra may come with His
army, and there may be some difficulty to continue the kingdom.”
So she wanted that Ramacandra should go to the forest and He
should not come back till the end of fourteen years from this day.
So Maharaja Dasaratha agreed. Because he was kshatriya. Just see
the promise.

A kshatriya never goes back from the promise, never refuses any
challenge. If a kshatriya is challenged by somebody, that “I want to
fight with you,” oh, he cannot refuse. This is kshatriya spirit. He
cannot say that “I am now busy.” Suppose somebody comes to
you, that “I want to fight with you.” You may say, “What nonsense
fight? I have no time. We are in the temple.” But a kshatriya
cannot deny that. A kshatriya at once must accept. “Oh, yes. Come
on.” And the weapon should be, if he has no sword or weapon, he
should be supplied weapon and fight. This is kshatriya spirit. They
were highly charitable and chivalrous and keeping promise and
with a great tendency for ruling over. They shall rule over. Admin-
istrators.