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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.19.6

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

2.19.6

na buddhipūrvaṃ nābuddhaṃ smarāmīha kadā cana
mātṝṇāṃ vā pitur vāhaṃ kṛtam alpaṃ ca vipriyam

I do not recall having ever, deliberately or unwittingly, done here even the least displeasure to my mothers or to my father.

Words: na — not; buddhipūrvaṃ — deliberately, knowingly; nābuddhaṃ — nor unwittingly; smarāmīha — I recall here; kadā — when; cana — ever; mātṝṇāṃ — of my mothers; vā — or; pitur — of my father; vāhaṃ — or I; kṛtam — done; alpaṃ — little, slight; ca — and, even; vipriyam — displeasure, offence

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.