Why was Dasharath M ready to forgo his word to Vishvamitra but not Kaikeyi?

From Kiran Pr:

 Dasarath maharaj is ready to forgo his word when Visvamitra muni asked for Lord, but same dasarath maharaj could not forego his word during Ayodhya kanda What is reason?

Transcript

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And then act in a balance to it. Question from Kiran Prabhu. Dashrath Maharaj is ready to forego his word in Dashrath Amrit when he asked for the Lord.
But the same Dashrath Maharaj could not forego his word during Ayodhya Kaing. What is the reason? Answer. It is not exactly correct to say that Dashrath Maharaj was ready to forego his word when Vishwamitra Muni asked.
Actually, Dashrath Maharaj was so abandoned by the request of Vishwamitra Muni that he was emotionally overwhelmed. And the instinctive reaction was, No, no, no, I cannot send him. My son.
If you want, I will go and I will fight with the demons. Please don’t take my son. So his refusal was more of an emotional reaction.
It was more in the mood of beseeching. Vishwamitra Muni, please don’t take my son. And overall in that discussion of the Ramayana, it is only the hypothetical possibility that is being considered.
Dashrath Maharaj is saying, no, no, I cannot send my son. How can I send my son into jaws of death like this? Then Vishwamitra Muni is saying, Is a king like you going to break his word? Are you going to disgrace your ancestors and your dynasty by that? And then Vashishtha Muni tells him, If you break your word, you will invoke the wrath of Vishwamitra. And that tells him what is the power of Vishwamitra.
And that deters Dashrath Maharaj a bit. And further, Vashishtha Muni tells him what is the power of Vishwamitra in terms of himself being able to kill the demons. And he says that Vishwamitra will empower Ram.
And that pacifies Lord Dashrath further. And then Vashishtha tells that actually Lord Ram is actually not your son. He is the supreme lord incarnate in this world.
And when Dashrath Maharaj hears this, then he agrees. Even then he is distressed, but he agrees. So certainly he was not considering not following the word.
But he was overwhelmed by the frightening prospect that resulted because of his having to stick to the word. And that’s why the reaction is, don’t, don’t take, don’t take. And similarly, Dashrath Maharaj tried his best.
Even when Kaikeyi was demanding that Lord be banished, he begged her. Let Ram become the king, but don’t banish Ram. And then Kaikeyi insisted.
He fell at her feet practically. Touched her feet and told her, no, don’t send Ram out. And then eventually when Ram was about to go, Dashrath Maharaj told him, okay, Ram is going.
Let us take all the soldiers, the treasury, the granary, the citizens. Let everybody go to the jungle with Ram. So let the jungle become Ayodhya and let Ayodhya become a jungle.
And then Kaikeyi put her foot down on that also. Then Dashrath Maharaj said, I reject you as my wife. I have no longer any relationship with you.
I had to fulfill my word to you. I fulfilled it, but it’s over now. Relationship is over.
So basically, in both situations, Dashrath Maharaj is extremely reluctant to do what is asked for. But at the same time, he knows that he cannot break his word. So there is a pathos.
There is a sort of tragic aura that is there in both situations. The difference, of course, is that Vishwamitra’s request is glorious, whereas Kaikeyi’s request is selfish and inglorious. But in either case, for a Kshatriya to give up their word is not an option at all for all practical purposes.
So, Dashrath Maharaj was reluctant to fulfill the word in both cases. And in the first case, when he says no, it is more of an emotional reaction in the mood of begging rather than a firm refusal to do one’s word.