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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.12.11
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
2.12.11
yas te mantrakṛtaḥ pāṇir agnau pāpe mayā dhṛtaḥ
taṃ tyajāmi svajaṃ caiva tava putraṃ saha tvayā
That hand of yours which, with sacred formulas, I clasped in the presence of the fire—that, O wicked one, I renounce, and your son born of me as well, together with you.
Words: yas — which; te — your; mantrakṛtaḥ — joined with sacred formulas; pāṇir — hand; agnau — in the fire; pāpe — O wicked woman; mayā — by me; dhṛtaḥ — held, clasped; taṃ — that (hand); tyajāmi — I abandon, renounce; svajaṃ — born of myself; caiva — and too; tava — your; putraṃ — son; saha — together with; tvayā — you
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.