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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.10.34

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

2.10.34

sadā te jananī tulyāṃ vṛttiṃ vahati rāghavaḥ
tasyaiva tvam anarthāya kiṃnimittam ihodyatā

Rāghava has always treated you with conduct equal to that toward his own mother; for what reason are you now bent upon his ruin?

Words: sadā — always; te — toward you; jananī — (with a) mother('s); tulyāṃ — equal; vṛttiṃ — conduct, treatment; vahati — bears, maintains; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; tasyaiva — of him alone; tvam — you; anarthāya — for the ruin; kiṃnimittam — for what reason; ihodyatā — here bent upon (it)

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.