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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.10.9

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

2.10.9

kasya vā te priyaṃ kāryaṃ kena vā vipriyaṃ kṛtam
kaḥ priyaṃ labhatām adya ko vā sumahad apriyam

Whose kindness must be done for you, or by whom has an unkindness been done? Who shall receive good today, and who a very great ill?

Words: kasya — whose; vā — or; te — for you; priyaṃ — kindness, pleasing thing; kāryaṃ — to be done; kena — by whom; vā — or; vipriyaṃ — an unkindness; kṛtam — done; kaḥ — who; priyaṃ — good, benefit; labhatām — let him obtain; adya — today; ko — who; vā — or; sumahad — a very great; apriyam — ill

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.