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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.10.26

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: she claims her two old boons: Bharata must receive the ceremony prepared for Rāma, and Rāma must leave that very day for fourteen years in Daṇḍaka, wearing bark and matted hair

2.10.26

varau yau me tvayā deva tadā dattau mahīpate
tau tāvad aham adyaiva vakṣyāmi śṛṇu me vacaḥ

The two boons that you granted me then, O king, O lord of the earth — those very two I shall now name this very day; hear my words.

Words: varau — the two boons; yau — which; me — to me; tvayā — by you; deva — O king; tadā — then; dattau — granted; mahīpate — O lord of the earth; tau — those two; tāvad — indeed; aham — I; adyaiva — this very day; vakṣyāmi — I shall speak; śṛṇu — hear; me — my; vacaḥ — words

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.