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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.11.5

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 protests that Rāma's departure will kill him and sees disgrace whichever way he turns

2.11.5

mṛte mayi gate rāme vanaṃ manujapuṃgave
hantānārye mamāmitre rāmaḥ pravrājito vanam

When I am dead and Rāma, that bull among men, has gone to the forest — alas, O ignoble one, my enemy! — (then) Rāma will have been banished to the forest.

Words: mṛte mayi — when I am dead (loc. abs.); gate rāme — when Rāma has gone (loc. abs.); vanaṃ — to the forest; manujapuṃgave — the bull among men (loc.); hantānārye — alas, O ignoble one; mamāmitre — O my enemy; rāmaḥ — Rāma; pravrājito — banished; vanam — to the forest

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.