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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.19.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 19: Rāma attributes the reversal to fate. He cancels the abhiṣeka preparations and asks Lakṣmaṇa to accept Kaikeyī’s change without anger

In the sequence: he therefore intends to leave promptly in bark garments and matted hair, allowing Bharata's ceremony to proceed

2.19.10

mama pravrājanād adya kṛtakṛtyā nṛpātmajā
sutaṃ bharatam avyagram abhiṣecayitā tataḥ

Having achieved her aim today by my banishment, the king's consort will then have her son Bharata consecrated without hindrance.

Words: mama — my; pravrājanād — by the banishment; adya — today; kṛtakṛtyā — having attained her purpose; nṛpātmajā — the king's daughter/consort; sutaṃ — her son; bharatam — Bharata; avyagram — undistracted, without hindrance; abhiṣecayitā — will have consecrated; tataḥ — then

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.