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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.19.8

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

2.19.8

tasyāpi hi bhaved asmin karmaṇy apratisaṃhṛte
satyaṃ neti manas tāpas tasya tāpas tapec ca mām

For if this undertaking were not called off, there would arise in his mind the torment 'my truth is undone'; and his torment would torment me too.

Words: tasyāpi — of him too; hi — for; bhaved — would arise; asmin — in this; karmaṇy — undertaking, act; apratisaṃhṛte — not withdrawn, not called off; satyaṃ — truth, my word; neti — 'is not', is undone; manas — mind; tāpas — torment, anguish; tasya — his; tāpas — torment; tapec — would torment; ca — and; mām — me

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.