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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.32.20
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
2.32.20
ity evam atyajad rājā sagaro vai sudhārmikaḥ
rāmaḥ kim akarot pāpaṃ yenaivam uparudhyate
“Thus did the righteous King Sagara cast him out. But what sin has Rāma done, that he should be banished in this way?”
Words: ity — thus; evam — so; atyajad — abandoned, cast out; rājā — the king; sagaro — Sagara; vai — indeed; sudhārmikaḥ — most righteous; rāmaḥ — Rāma; kim — what; akarot — did; pāpaṃ — sin, evil; yenaivam — by which, so that thus; uparudhyate — is being banished, restrained
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.