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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.14.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 14: Rāma answers the summons. Expecting his abhiṣeka and assuming Kaikeyī’s support, Rāma takes leave of Sītā and rides out with Lakṣmaṇa

In the sequence: Rāma assumes they are discussing his abhiṣeka and that Kaikeyī is helping the arrangements → he reassures Sītā and takes leave of her

2.14.13

devi devaś ca devī ca samāgamya madantare
mantreyete dhruvaṃ kiṃ cid abhiṣecanasaṃhitam

O queen, the king and the queen (Kaikeyī), having met, are surely deliberating together over something concerning my consecration.

Words: devi — O queen; devaś — the king; ca — and; devī — the queen; ca — and; samāgamya — having met; madantare — concerning me; mantreyete — are deliberating together; dhruvaṃ — surely; kiṃ cid — something; abhiṣecanasaṃhitam — connected with the consecration

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.