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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.11.15

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: she remains unmoved and continues to demand the exile → he loses consciousness again.

2.11.15

tataḥ sa rājā punar eva mūrchitaḥ priyām atuṣṭāṃ pratikūlabhāṣiṇīm
samīkṣya putrasya vivāsanaṃ prati kṣitau visaṃjño nipapāta duḥkhitaḥ

Then the king, swooning once again, having looked upon his beloved — unappeased and speaking against him about his son's banishment — fell senseless to the ground, stricken with grief.

Words: tataḥ — then; sa — that; rājā — king; punar — again; eva — even; mūrchitaḥ — swooning; priyām — (his) beloved; atuṣṭāṃ — unappeased; pratikūlabhāṣiṇīm — speaking adversely; samīkṣya — having looked upon; putrasya — of (his) son; vivāsanaṃ — banishment; prati — regarding; kṣitau — on the ground; visaṃjño — senseless; nipapāta — fell down; duḥkhitaḥ — stricken with grief

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.