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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.32.14

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: the minister Siddhārtha explains that Asamañja used to throw children into the Sarayū and was expelled after their parents protested → he asks what comparable offense Rāma has committed

2.32.14

tatra vṛddho mahāmātraḥ siddhārtho nāma nāmataḥ
śucir bahumato rājñaḥ kaikeyīm idam abravīt

There an aged minister, Siddhārtha by name, pure and highly esteemed by the king, said this to Kaikeyī:

Words: tatra — there; vṛddho — aged; mahāmātraḥ — great minister, high official; siddhārtho — Siddhārtha; nāma — by name; nāmataḥ — by name (indeed); śucir — pure; bahumato — highly esteemed; rājñaḥ — by the king; kaikeyīm — to Kaikeyī; idam — this; abravīt — said

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.