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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.32.12
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: she cites their ancestor Sagara's banishment of his son Asamañja as a precedent
2.32.12
kaikeyī dviguṇaṃ kruddhā rājānam idam abravīt
tavaiva vaṃśe sagaro jyeṣṭhaṃ putram upārudhat
asamañja iti khyātaṃ tathāyaṃ gantum arhati
Doubly enraged, Kaikeyī said this to the king: “In your own very line Sagara drove out his eldest son, the one known as Asamañja; just so, this one too ought to go.”
Words: kaikeyī — Kaikeyī; dviguṇaṃ — doubly, twofold; kruddhā — enraged; rājānam — to the king; idam — this; abravīt — said; tavaiva — in your very; vaṃśe — lineage, line; sagaro — Sagara; jyeṣṭhaṃ — eldest; putram — son; upārudhat — drove out, banished; asamañja — Asamañja; iti — thus; khyātaṃ — known, named; tathāyaṃ — so this one; gantum — to go; arhati — ought, deserves
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.