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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.33.15

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 33: Bark garments over Sītā’s silk. Rāma declines royal provisions and helps Sītā fasten her bark clothing, Daśaratha protests her humiliation

In the sequence: Daśaratha tells Kaikeyī that Rāma's exile should be enough and that Sītā need not be dressed in bark

2.33.15

nanu paryāptam etat te pāpe rāmavivāsanam
kim ebhiḥ kṛpaṇair bhūyaḥ pātakair api te kṛtaiḥ

Surely this banishment of Rāma is enough for you, O wicked woman! What need of these further wretched crimes committed by you?”

Words: nanu — surely; paryāptam — enough, sufficient; etat — this; te — for you; pāpe — O wicked woman; rāmavivāsanam — the banishment of Rāma; kim — what (need); ebhiḥ — by these; kṛpaṇair — wretched, miserable; bhūyaḥ — further, more; pātakair — sins, crimes; api — also; te — by you; kṛtaiḥ — done, committed

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.