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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.32.10
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 32: Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort. Daśaratha offers troops and supplies, Kaikeyī cites Asamañja’s exile, Siddhārtha distinguishes Rāma’s innocence
In the sequence: Kaikeyī objects that Bharata will not accept a Kingdom drained of its people and resources → Daśaratha rebukes her for adding to the burden she has already imposed
2.32.10
sā viṣaṇṇā ca saṃtrastā kaikeyī vākyam abravīt
rājyaṃ gatajanaṃ sādho pītamaṇḍāṃ surām iva
nirāsvādyatamaṃ śūnyaṃ bharato nābhipatsyate
Dejected and alarmed, Kaikeyī said: “A realm emptied of its people, O good sir—like liquor whose froth has been drained off, utterly savourless and hollow—Bharata will not accept.”
Words: sā — she; viṣaṇṇā — dejected; ca — and; saṃtrastā — alarmed, terrified; kaikeyī — Kaikeyī; vākyam — words; abravīt — said; rājyaṃ — kingdom, realm; gatajanaṃ — with its people gone, depopulated; sādho — O good one; pītamaṇḍāṃ — whose froth is drained off; surām — liquor, wine; iva — like; nirāsvādyatamaṃ — utterly tasteless; śūnyaṃ — empty, hollow; bharato — Bharata; nābhipatsyate — will not accept, take
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.