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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.43.4

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 43: Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers. He crosses the Vedaśruti, Gomatī & Syandikā, shows Sītā the ancestral lands and longs to see his parents again

In the sequence: along the way he hears villagers condemn Daśaratha's decision and Kaikeyī's demands

2.43.4

śṛṇvan vāco manuṣyāṇāṃ grāmasaṃvāsavāsinām
rājānaṃ dhig daśarathaṃ kāmasya vaśam āgatam

hearing the words of the people who dwelt together in the villages: 'A curse on King Daśaratha, fallen under the sway of desire —

Words: śṛṇvan — hearing; vāco — the words; manuṣyāṇāṃ — of the people; grāmasaṃvāsavāsinām — of those dwelling together in the villages; rājānaṃ — the king; dhig — fie upon, a curse on; daśarathaṃ — Daśaratha; kāmasya — of desire; vaśam — the sway, power; āgatam — come under, fallen into

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.