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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.12.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 12: Daśaratha summons Rāma. Kaikeyī insists on the promise, Daśaratha repudiates her & Bharata, Sumantra leaves unaware of the exile

In the sequence: Kaikeyī tells Daśaratha that truth is the highest duty and that he must honor his promise

2.12.1

putraśokārditaṃ pāpā visaṃjñaṃ patitaṃ bhuvi
viveṣṭamānam udīkṣya saikṣvākam idam abravīt

Gazing at the Ikṣvāku king—tormented by grief for his son, senseless, fallen to the ground and writhing—the wicked woman said this:

Words: putraśokārditaṃ — tormented by grief for his son; pāpā — the wicked woman; visaṃjñaṃ — senseless, unconscious; patitaṃ — fallen; bhuvi — on the ground; viveṣṭamānam — writhing, rolling about; udīkṣya — having gazed at; saikṣvākam — the scion of Ikṣvāku (Daśaratha); idam — this; abravīt — said

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.