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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.42.21

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

2.42.21

yā putraṃ pārthivendrasya pravāsayati nirghṛṇā
kas tāṃ prāpya sukhaṃ jīved adharmyāṃ duṣṭacāriṇīm

She who, without pity, drives the son of the lord of kings into exile—who could live at ease under her, lawless and evil in her ways?

Words: yā — who; putraṃ — son; pārthivendrasya — of the lord of kings; pravāsayati — sends into exile; nirghṛṇā — pitiless; kas — who; tāṃ — her; prāpya — having come under, obtained; sukhaṃ — happily, at ease; jīved — could live; adharmyāṃ — lawless; duṣṭacāriṇīm — evil in conduct

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.