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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.42.19
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 42: The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma. Families reproach the men for returning without Rāma and imagine abandoning Kaikeyī’s Kingdom to join him
In the sequence: they fear life under Kaikeyī and doubt Daśaratha will survive the separation
2.42.19
yayā putraś ca bhartā ca tyaktāv aiśvaryakāraṇāt
kaṃ sā parihared anyaṃ kaikeyī kulapāṃsanī
She who abandoned both son and husband for the sake of sovereignty—whom else would that Kaikeyī, disgrace of her line, spare?
Words: yayā — by whom; putraś — son; ca — and; bhartā — husband; ca — and; tyaktāv — both abandoned; aiśvaryakāraṇāt — for the sake of sovereignty; kaṃ — whom; sā — she; parihared — would spare, forsake; anyaṃ — other, else; kaikeyī — Kaikeyī; kulapāṃsanī — disgrace of her family
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.