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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.32.13

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

2.32.13

evam ukto dhig ity eva rājā daśaratho 'bravīt
vrīḍitaś ca janaḥ sarvaḥ sā ca tan nāvabudhyata

So addressed, King Daśaratha said only “Shame!”; all the people were abashed, but she took no heed of it.

Words: evam — thus; ukto — addressed; dhig — “Shame!”; ity — thus; eva — only, indeed; rājā — the king; daśaratho — Daśaratha; 'bravīt — said; vrīḍitaś — ashamed, abashed; ca — and; janaḥ — the people; sarvaḥ — all; sā — she; ca — but; tan — that; nāvabudhyata — took no heed, did not understand

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.