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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.10.31

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

2.10.31

asaṃvṛtāyām āsīno jagatyāṃ dīrgham ucchvasan
aho dhig iti sāmarṣo vācam uktvā narādhipaḥ
moham āpedivān bhūyaḥ śokopahatacetanaḥ

Seated on the bare ground, sighing deeply, the king cried out in indignation, 'Alas! Shame!' and, his mind stricken with grief, once more fell into a swoon.

Words: asaṃvṛtāyām — on the uncovered (ground); āsīno — seated; jagatyāṃ — on the ground; dīrgham — long, deeply; ucchvasan — sighing; aho — alas; dhig — shame; iti — thus; sāmarṣo — with indignation; vācam — speech, words; uktvā — having uttered; narādhipaḥ — the king; moham — a swoon, delusion; āpedivān — fell into; bhūyaḥ — again; śokopahatacetanaḥ — his mind stricken by grief

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.