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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.12.7

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 cites rulers who sacrificed their bodies or eyesight to keep their commitments and threatens to die if he refuses

2.12.7

samayaṃ ca mamāryemaṃ yadi tvaṃ na kariṣyasi
agratas te parityaktā parityakṣyāmi jīvitam

And if you will not keep this compact of mine, O noble one, then, cast off by you, before your very eyes I shall give up my life.

Words: samayaṃ — the compact, agreement; ca — and; mamāryemaṃ — this ... of mine, O noble one; yadi — if; tvaṃ — you; na — not; kariṣyasi — will do, fulfill; agratas — in front, before (your eyes); te — of you, your; parityaktā — cast off, abandoned (fem.); parityakṣyāmi — I shall abandon, give up; jīvitam — (my) life

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.