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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.10.12

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 10: Kaikeyī claims the two boons. Bound by his promise, Daśaratha hears her demands for Bharata’s abhiṣeka and Rāma’s exile, then collapses and pleads

In the sequence: he asks whether someone has insulted her or whether she is ill, offering treatment, gifts, punishment of an enemy, or anything else she wants

2.10.12

ātmano jīvitenāpi brūhi yan manasecchasi
yāvad āvartate cakraṃ tāvatī me vasuṃdharā

Speak what you wish in your heart, even at the cost of my own life; as far as the (sun's) wheel turns, so far extends my earth.

Words: ātmano — of (my) own; jīvitenāpi — even by (my) life; brūhi — speak; yan — what; manasecchasi — you desire in (your) mind; yāvad — as far as; āvartate — turns; cakraṃ — the wheel; tāvatī — so far-extending; me — my; vasuṃdharā — earth

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.