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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.20.3

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 20: Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers. Viśvāmitra threatens to leave, Vasiṣṭha urges Daśaratha to honour his promise and assures him of the ṛṣi’s power to protect Rāma

In the sequence: Viśvāmitra angrily accuses Daśaratha of breaking his word and disgracing his dynasty → he threatens to depart → the earth trembles and the Suras grow afraid at his anger

1.20.3

yad idaṃ te kṣamaṃ rājan gamiṣyāmi yathāgatam
mithyāpratijñaḥ kākutstha sukhī bhava sabāndhavaḥ

If this seems fitting to you, O king, I shall go as I came; false to your promise, O Kākutstha, live happily with your kinsmen.

Words: yad — if, since; idaṃ — this; te — to you; kṣamaṃ — fitting, proper; rājan — O king; gamiṣyāmi — I shall go; yathāgatam — as I came; mithyāpratijñaḥ — false to your promise; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; sukhī — happy; bhava — be; sabāndhavaḥ — with your kinsmen

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.