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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.34.7

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

2.34.7

ekasyāḥ khalu kaikeyyāḥ kṛte 'yaṃ kliśyate janaḥ
svārthe prayatamānāyāḥ saṃśritya nikṛtiṃ tv imām

Truly, for the sake of Kaikeyī alone, striving for her own ends and resorting to this trickery, all these people suffer.”

Words: ekasyāḥ — of one alone; khalu — truly; kaikeyyāḥ — of Kaikeyī; kṛte — for the sake of; 'yaṃ — this; kliśyate — suffers, is tormented; janaḥ — the people; svārthe — for her own ends; prayatamānāyāḥ — of her striving; saṃśritya — having resorted to; nikṛtiṃ — deceit, trickery; tv imām — and this

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.