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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.12.10

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: unable to escape the promise, Daśaratha renounces both her and her son

2.12.10

vihvalābhyāṃ ca netrābhyām apaśyann iva bhūmipaḥ
kṛcchrād dhairyeṇa saṃstabhya kaikeyīm idam abravīt

With his two eyes reeling, the lord of the earth, as though he could not see, steadying himself with difficulty by his fortitude, said this to Kaikeyī:

Words: vihvalābhyāṃ — reeling, faltering (dual); ca — and; netrābhyām — with the two eyes; apaśyann — not seeing; iva — as if; bhūmipaḥ — the lord of earth; kṛcchrād — with difficulty; dhairyeṇa — by fortitude, firmness; saṃstabhya — having braced, steadied himself; kaikeyīm — to Kaikeyī; 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.