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SOCIAL CONDITIONS 359 on the death of her husband are also abandoning me"". The same
state of helplessness is evidenced by Apar膩jit膩 when her son, R膩ma
goes into exile虏. Kaikeyi had demanded the coronation of Bharata
for the same reason. Bharata wanted to renounce the world along
with his father. Kaikey墨 could not face this unhappy situation. She
got gripped with severe agony. She thought of a plan to avert the
situation. She demanded the coronation of Bharata so that she would
not be separated at least from her son鲁. Dasaratha himself told R膩ma
that Kaikey墨 was likely to die in separation from Bharata. The above
evidences prove that women lived in dependency. After the loss of her
husband, her son could prevent her from falling victim to a miserable
life, but the real happiness of her life depended on her husband, there-
fore we find that a woman regarded her husband as her lord and
address the husband as 'Sv膩min' and 'N膩tha'.
B. Social status or Women outside the House.
A very
intensive trait of fickle-
the character of woman.
Inherent traits of Women :-A
mindedness (capalat膩) is associated with
Thus Sit盲 though faultless yet at the time of being abandoned in
the forest tells K峁泃膩ntavadana that women are fickle-minded (94.74).
On account of her frailty a woman loses her far-sightedness and
becomes the slave of her natural instinct. Kaiheyi's demand of
coronating Bharata was of this type. She was promised a boon and
it was duly fulfilled by Dasaratha with the consent of R膩ma and
Lak峁�ma峁嘺. But Kaikeyi had not that wisdom and farsighted-
what
to think in advance as to
would be its consequences.
She wanted to keep Bharata along with her and by the pretext o
the boon she became successful. When R膩ma and Lak峁�ma峁嘺 went into
exile their mothers got distressed and even Kaikey墨 could not bear the
agony of her co-wives. Therefore, she had to send Bharata and had to
proceed herself to call them back. But the promise was promise, the
words were words and R膩ma did not return inspite of Kaikey茂's
entreaties. There she had to admit her fickle-mindedness and lack of
foresight.
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1. Bhattaravirahiyae, putta 膩lamba峁嘺m mahiliye, honti iha j墨valoe, catt膩 tehi峁�
pi p膩v膩h a峁�
75.SO.
2. Puttaya kim me pariccayasi......... hosii putt膩lambo, p膩roho ceva s膩h膩e 31.96,
97; paiputtavirahiy膩 iha ka峁� sara峁嘺maha峁� pavajj膩mi 31.99.
31.63-64.
5.
4. Tassa viogammi kega茂 marai 31.75.
5. Mahila sah膩vacaval膩, adihapehi sahavam膩ill膩, tam me kham膩hi puttaya, ja峁�
pa岣峣k奴lam kaya峁� tujjha 鈥�32.51.