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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.32.11
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
2.32.11
kaikeyyāṃ muktalajjāyāṃ vadantyām atidāruṇam
rājā daśaratho vākyam uvācāyatalocanām
vahantaṃ kiṃ tudasi māṃ niyujya dhuri māhite
While shameless Kaikeyī was speaking these most cruel words, King Daśaratha said to the wide-eyed woman: “Why, O malevolent one, having yoked me to the burden, do you goad me who already bear it?”
Words: kaikeyyāṃ — when Kaikeyī (loc.); muktalajjāyāṃ — shameless (with shame cast off); vadantyām — speaking (loc.); atidāruṇam — most cruel, terrible; rājā — the king; daśaratho — Daśaratha; vākyam — words; uvācāyatalocanām — said to the wide-eyed (woman); vahantaṃ — (me) bearing (the load); kiṃ — why; tudasi — do you goad, prick; māṃ — me; niyujya — having yoked, harnessed; dhuri — to the yoke, burden; māhite — me, O malevolent one
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.