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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.34.4

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 34: Farewell to the Queens. Daśaratha orders the chariot and supplies for Sītā, Kausalyā counsels her and Rāma takes leave of his father’s wives

In the sequence: Seeing Rāma dressed as a tapasvin overwhelms Daśaratha, who wonders what past harm has brought this suffering upon him

2.34.4

manye khalu mayā pūrvaṃ vivatsā bahavaḥ kṛtāḥ
prāṇino hiṃsitā vāpi tasmād idam upasthitam

“I think that surely in the past I made many cows bereft of their calves, or injured living beings; therefore this has befallen me.

Words: manye — I think; khalu — surely; mayā — by me; pūrvaṃ — formerly; vivatsā — bereft of calves; bahavaḥ — many; kṛtāḥ — made; prāṇino — living beings; hiṃsitā — injured; vāpi — or even; tasmād — therefore; idam — this; upasthitam — has befallen, come to pass

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.