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As a person, Shri Rama personifies the characteristics
of an ideal person who is to be emulated. He had within him all
the desirable virtues that any individual would seek to aspire.
For example, he gave up his rightful claim to the throne, and agreed
to go into exile (vanvas) for fourteen years, to fulfil the vow
that his father had given to Kaikeyi, one of King Dashratha's wives.
This is in spite of the fact that Kaikeyi's son, Bharat, begged
him to return back to Ayodhya and said that he did not want to rule
in place of Shri Rama. But Shri Rama considered his dharma as a
son above that of his own birthright and his life's ambition. For
such supreme sacrifices, and many other qualities, Shri Rama is
considered a maryada purushottam.
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