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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.12.13

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: she answers that he should summon Rāma and carry out the arrangement

2.12.13

kim idaṃ bhāṣase rājan vākyaṃ gararujopamam
ānāyayitum akliṣṭaṃ putraṃ rāmam ihārhasi

“Why do you speak this word, O king, like the torment of poison? You ought to have the untroubled Rāma, your son, brought here.

Words: kim — why, what; idaṃ — this; bhāṣase — you speak; rājan — O king; vākyaṃ — word, speech; gararujopamam — like the pain of poison; ānāyayitum — to have brought here; akliṣṭaṃ — untroubled, unwearied; putraṃ — son; rāmam — Rāma; ihārhasi — you ought (to bring) here

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.