← 2.46.11 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 46: Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā · 2.46.13 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.46.12

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 46: Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā. He sends Sumantra back as proof of departure, forms matted locks with banyan sap and crosses while Sītā prays

In the sequence: he tells Sumantra that they will now continue on foot and that he must return with the chariot → the driver protests at the injustice of Rāma's hardship

2.46.12

vayaṃ khalu hatā rāma ye tayāpy upavañcitāḥ
kaikeyyā vaśam eṣyāmaḥ pāpāyā duḥkhabhāginaḥ

'But we indeed are ruined, Rāma — we who, cheated by her, shall fall under the sway of the wicked Kaikeyī, we, doomed to sorrow.'

Words: vayaṃ — we; khalu — indeed; hatā — ruined, undone; rāma — O Rāma; ye — who; tayāpy — by her too; upavañcitāḥ — deceived, cheated; kaikeyyā — of Kaikeyī; vaśam — the sway, power; eṣyāmaḥ — we shall come to; pāpāyā — of the wicked one; duḥkhabhāginaḥ — sharers in sorrow

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.