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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.10.6

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

2.10.6

na te 'ham abhijānāmi krodham ātmani saṃśritam
devi kenābhiyuktāsi kena vāsi vimānitā

I cannot fathom this anger of yours lodged in your heart. O queen, by whom have you been assailed, or by whom slighted?

Words: na — not; te — your; 'ham — I; abhijānāmi — understand; krodham — anger; ātmani — in (your) self; saṃśritam — lodged, harboured; devi — O queen; kenābhiyuktāsi — by whom have you been assailed; kena — by whom; vāsi — or are you; vimānitā — slighted, dishonoured

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.