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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.10.29

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

2.10.29

bharato bhajatām adya yauvarājyam akaṇṭakam
adya caiva hi paśyeyaṃ prayāntaṃ rāghavaṃ vane

Let Bharata today enjoy the unopposed heir-apparency, and this very day let me see Rāghava setting out for the forest.

Words: bharato — Bharata; bhajatām — let (him) enjoy; adya — today; yauvarājyam — the heir-apparency; akaṇṭakam — thornless, unopposed; adya — today; caiva — and; hi — indeed; paśyeyaṃ — may I see; prayāntaṃ — setting out; rāghavaṃ — Rāghava; vane — for the forest

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.