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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.20.18

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 20: Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort. He offers to overcome every obstacle by force, Rāma wipes away his tears but remains bound to the promise

In the sequence: he proposes sending the plotters into exile instead and preventing Bharata's accession

2.20.18

ahaṃ tadāśāṃ chetsyāmi pitus tasyāś ca yā tava
abhiṣekavighātena putrarājyāya vartate

I shall cut off that hope of your father's and of hers which, by the thwarting of your consecration, works toward the kingship for her son.

Words: ahaṃ — I; tadāśāṃ — that hope; chetsyāmi — I shall cut off; pitus — of the father; tasyāś — and of her; ca — and; yā — which; tava — your; abhiṣekavighātena — by the thwarting of the consecration; putrarājyāya — toward the kingship for her son; vartate — works, moves toward

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.