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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.17.14

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 17: Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile. Rāma tells Kausalyā that Bharata will inherit and he must leave, she collapses and laments their separation

In the sequence: he tells her that Bharata will be heir and that he himself must live for fourteen years in Daṇḍaka; he says he will give up meat and live like a muni on honey, roots, and fruit

2.17.14

devi nūnaṃ na jānīṣe mahad bhayam upasthitam
idaṃ tava ca duḥkhāya vaidehyā lakṣmaṇasya ca

O queen, surely you do not know that a great danger has arisen; this will bring sorrow to you, and to Vaidehī, and to Lakṣmaṇa.

Words: devi — O queen; nūnaṃ — surely; na — not; jānīṣe — you know; mahad — great; bhayam — danger, fear; upasthitam — has arisen, is at hand; idaṃ — this; tava — of you; ca — and; duḥkhāya — for the sorrow; vaidehyā — of Vaidehī (Sītā); lakṣmaṇasya — of Lakṣmaṇa; ca — and

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.