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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.11.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 11: Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī. Kaikeyī insists that Daśaratha honour his promise, his night-long appeals fail to change her demands

In the sequence: he first begs the night not to end, then wishes it would pass so that he need no longer look at Kaikeyī → with folded hands, he appeals to her compassion

2.11.10

na prabhātaṃ tvayecchāmi mayāyaṃ racito 'ñjaliḥ
atha vā gamyatāṃ śīghraṃ nāham icchāmi nirghṛṇām
nṛśaṃsāṃ kaikeyīṃ draṣṭuṃ yatkṛte vyasanaṃ mahat

O night, I do not wish you to bring on the dawn; this reverent gesture I make to you (to hold it back); or rather, pass quickly! I do not wish to look upon the pitiless, cruel Kaikeyī, on whose account this great calamity has come.

Words: na — not; prabhātaṃ — the dawn; tvayecchāmi — I wish through you; mayāyaṃ — by me this; racito — is made; 'ñjaliḥ — reverent (cupped-hand) gesture; atha vā — or rather; gamyatāṃ — let (it) pass; śīghraṃ — quickly; nāham — I do not; icchāmi — wish; nirghṛṇām — the pitiless (woman); nṛśaṃsāṃ — the cruel; kaikeyīṃ — Kaikeyī; draṣṭuṃ — to see; yatkṛte — on whose account; vyasanaṃ — calamity; mahat — great

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.