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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.19.4
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 wants Kaikeyī's anxiety ended and Daśaratha spared the anguish of breaking his word
2.19.4
yasyā madabhiṣekārthaṃ mānasaṃ paritapyate
mātā naḥ sā yathā na syāt saviśaṅkā tathā kuru
She whose mind is tormented over my consecration—that mother of ours—act so that she may not remain in anxiety.
Words: yasyā — of whom, whose; madabhiṣekārthaṃ — on account of my consecration; mānasaṃ — the mind; paritapyate — is tormented, burns; mātā — mother; naḥ — our; sā — she; yathā — so that; na — not; syāt — may be; saviśaṅkā — full of anxiety, apprehensive; tathā — so; kuru — act, do
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.