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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.10.7
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
2.10.7
yad idaṃ mama duḥkhāya śeṣe kalyāṇi pāṃsuṣu
bhūmau śeṣe kimarthaṃ tvaṃ mayi kalyāṇa cetasi
bhūtopahatacitteva mama cittapramāthinī
O lovely one, that you lie here in the dust to my sorrow — why do you lie on the ground when my heart is kindly toward you, as though your mind were possessed by a spirit, you who churn my heart?
Words: yad — that; idaṃ — this; mama — my; duḥkhāya — for sorrow; śeṣe — you lie; kalyāṇi — O lovely one; pāṃsuṣu — in the dust; bhūmau — on the ground; śeṣe — you lie; kimarthaṃ — why; tvaṃ — you; mayi — toward me; kalyāṇa — of kindly (heart); cetasi — in mind (loc. abs.: while my heart is kind); bhūtopahatacitteva — as if your mind were stricken by a spirit; mama — my; cittapramāthinī — churning (my) heart
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.