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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.10.30

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: Daśaratha collapses, then revives and asks what Rāma has done to deserve this

2.10.30

tataḥ śrutvā mahārāja kaikeyyā dāruṇaṃ vacaḥ
vyathito vilavaś caiva vyāghrīṃ dṛṣṭvā yathā mṛgaḥ

Then, O great king, hearing Kaikeyī's cruel words, he was shaken and distraught, like a deer that has seen a tigress.

Words: tataḥ — then; śrutvā — having heard; mahārāja — O great king; kaikeyyā — Kaikeyī's; dāruṇaṃ — cruel; vacaḥ — words; vyathito — shaken, agitated; vilavaś — wailing, distraught; caiva — and; vyāghrīṃ — a tigress; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; yathā — as; mṛgaḥ — a deer

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.