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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.10.24

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: Kaikeyī calls the devatās and the world to witness his promise

2.10.24

satyasaṃdho mahātejā dharmajñaḥ susamāhitaḥ
varaṃ mama dadāty eṣa tan me śṛṇvantu devatāḥ

True to his word, of great splendour, knower of dharma, fully composed — this king grants me a boon: let the deities hear that.

Words: satyasaṃdho — true to his word; mahātejā — of great splendour; dharmajñaḥ — knower of dharma; susamāhitaḥ — fully composed; varaṃ — a boon; mama — to me; dadāty — grants; eṣa — this one; tan — that; me — my (words); śṛṇvantu — let (them) hear; devatāḥ — the deities

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.