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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.11.12

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

2.11.12

sādhuvṛttasya dīnasya tvadgatasya gatāyuṣaḥ
prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ devi bhadre rājño viśeṣataḥ

Grant your favour, O queen, O gracious lady, and above all to the king — a man of virtuous conduct, wretched, devoted to you, his life ebbing away.

Words: sādhuvṛttasya — of (one of) good conduct; dīnasya — of the wretched (one); tvadgatasya — of (one) devoted to you; gatāyuṣaḥ — of (one) whose life is ebbing; prasādaḥ — favour, grace; kriyatāṃ — let (it) be shown; devi — O queen; bhadre — O gracious lady; rājño — to the king; viśeṣataḥ — especially

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.