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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.37.6

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 37: Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī. The chariot’s dust disappears, Daśaratha falls, rejects Kaikeyī’s touch and returns to Kausalyā as his sight fails

In the sequence: when Kaikeyī tries to help him, he rejects her touch and renounces their relationship → he adds that if Bharata welcomes the Kingdom, he does not want Bharata's offerings after his death

2.37.6

kaikeyi mā mamāṅgāni sprākṣīs tvaṃ duṣṭacāriṇī
na hi tvāṃ draṣṭum icchāmi na bhāryā na ca bāndhavī

Kaikeyī, do not touch my limbs, you of wicked conduct; for I do not wish to see you — you are no wife of mine, nor kinswoman.

Words: kaikeyi — O Kaikeyī; mā — do not; mamāṅgāni — my limbs; sprākṣīs — touch; tvaṃ — you; duṣṭacāriṇī — of wicked conduct; na hi — for not; tvāṃ — you; draṣṭum — to see; icchāmi — I wish; na bhāryā — no wife; na ca bāndhavī — nor kinswoman

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.