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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.47.7

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 47: Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return. Rāma fears for his parents and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return, Lakṣmaṇa refuses to leave him and steadies his resolve

In the sequence: he imagines Daśaratha grieving while Kaikeyī is satisfied and worries that her ambition may endanger the old King

2.47.7

sā hi devī mahārājaṃ kaikeyī rājyakāraṇāt
api na cyāvayet prāṇān dṛṣṭvā bharatam āgatam

For that queen Kaikeyī, for the sake of the kingdom, might even, on seeing Bharata come, drive the life-breath from the great king.

Words: sā hi — for that; devī — queen; mahārājaṃ — the great king; kaikeyī — Kaikeyī; rājyakāraṇāt — for the sake of the kingdom; api — even; na cyāvayet — might drive out; prāṇān — the life-breaths; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; bharatam — Bharata; āgatam — come, arrived

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.