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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.19.5

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

2.19.5

tasyāḥ śaṅkāmayaṃ duḥkhaṃ muhūrtam api notsahe
manasi pratisaṃjātaṃ saumitre 'ham upekṣitum

I cannot bear, Saumitri, to disregard even for a moment the sorrow born of anxiety that has arisen in her mind.

Words: tasyāḥ — her; śaṅkāmayaṃ — consisting of anxiety; duḥkhaṃ — sorrow; muhūrtam — for a moment; api — even; notsahe — I cannot bear; manasi — in the mind; pratisaṃjātaṃ — arisen, produced; saumitre — O Saumitri; 'ham — I; upekṣitum — to disregard, overlook

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.