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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.32.15
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
2.32.15
asamañjo gṛhītvā tu krīḍitaḥ pathi dārakān
sarayvāḥ prakṣipann apsu ramate tena durmatiḥ
Asamañja, in his wanton sport, would seize children on the road and fling them into the waters of the Sarayū, and that evil-minded one delighted in it.
Words: asamañjo — Asamañja; gṛhītvā — having seized; tu — indeed; krīḍitaḥ — in his sport, wanton play; pathi — on the road; dārakān — children, boys; sarayvāḥ — of the Sarayū; prakṣipann — throwing, casting; apsu — in the waters; ramate — delights; tena — in that, thereby; durmatiḥ — the evil-minded 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.