Rāmacandra requested His wife, "Oh, you cannot go with Me. It is very difficult. You are a king's daughter, and you were brought up in so nice way, and you are so beautiful. You cannot go. You cannot take the trouble of living in the forest." So she said: "Oh, I am Your wife, married wife. So I must go even if You go to hell."
This is ideal wife. She could have refused, "Oh, Your father has ordered to go to forest. You can go. I shall go to my father's house or I shall remain here." No. This is ideal wife. She must be prepared to accept any circumstances of the husband. Not that when the husband is rich the wife is very faithful, and when he has come down to be poor or he's going to forest the wife gives up his company. No. Wife means better half. She must abide. Just like, it is said, just like a shadow follows the reality, similarly, the wife is the shadow of the husband. Wherever the husband goes, she must go. Whatever the husband wants, she must carry out.
Of course, in this country this interpretation is taken differently, that wife is made a slave. But actually it is not so. When Sītā was kidnapped in the jungle, Rāmacandra expected that, that she was beautiful, she was young and, "We shall be in open jungle. It may be some demons may come," and actually it so happened. So for Sītā, Lord Rāmacandra massacred the whole family of Rāvaṇa. Only for Sītā. So as the husband, so the wife. The wife was so faithful that she could not remain alone. She must accompany the husband even in the forest. And the husband was so faithful that, "Oh, my wife has been kidnapped," so He massacred the whole family of Rāvaṇa.
So these are ideal history how . . . Rāmacandra, Lord Rāmacandra appeared on this world to educate, or to place ideal example of a king, how the king should be. Therefore when there is good government . . . the example is given, Rāma-rājya. Rāma-rājya. It is the kingdom of Lord Rāma. Because everyone was happy. Everyone. There are so many instances in the life of Rāmacandra.
One brahmin . . . not brahmin exactly; somebody came to Rāmacandra. Because at that time there was no court like this, that you have to go to a court and apply with stamp fee, then your judgment will be delivered after six years. It is not like that. Anyone who has got some complaint, he should . . . the king used to sit in the open audience, and the citizens were allowed to approach the king and place their complaints. Because there was no complaint practically. Everyone was happy. Very minor complaint.