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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.10.5

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: he asks whether someone has insulted her or whether she is ill, offering treatment, gifts, punishment of an enemy, or anything else she wants

2.10.5

parimṛśya ca pāṇibhyām abhisaṃtrastacetanaḥ
kāmī kamalapatrākṣīm uvāca vanitām idam

Having stroked her with both hands, his mind stricken with alarm, the enamoured king spoke this to the lotus-petal-eyed woman:

Words: parimṛśya — having stroked; ca — and; pāṇibhyām — with both hands; abhisaṃtrastacetanaḥ — his mind terrified; kāmī — the enamoured one; kamalapatrākṣīm — the lotus-petal-eyed woman; uvāca — said; vanitām — to the woman; idam — this

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.