← 2.10.34 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 10: Kaikeyī claims the two boons · 2.10.36 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.10.35

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

2.10.35

tvaṃ mayātmavināśāya bhavanaṃ svaṃ praveśitā
avijñānān nṛpasutā vyālī tīkṣṇaviṣā yathā

To my own destruction did I bring you, a king's daughter, into my house, unknowingly, as one might a fierce, sharp-venomed serpent.

Words: tvaṃ — you; mayātmavināśāya — by me, for (my) self-destruction; bhavanaṃ — house; svaṃ — own; praveśitā — brought in, made to enter; avijñānān — out of ignorance; nṛpasutā — a king's daughter; vyālī — a she-serpent; tīkṣṇaviṣā — sharp-venomed; yathā — like

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.