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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.47.8

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

2.47.8

anāthaś caiva vṛddhaś ca mayā caiva vinākṛtaḥ
kiṃ kariṣyati kāmātmā kaikeyyā vaśam āgataḥ

Helpless and old, and deprived of me as well, what will he do — that man ruled by desire, fallen under Kaikeyī's power?

Words: anāthaś caiva — helpless, and; vṛddhaś ca — and old; mayā caiva — and by me; vinākṛtaḥ — deprived, parted; kiṃ kariṣyati — what will he do; kāmātmā — ruled by desire; kaikeyyā — of Kaikeyī; vaśam — under the power; āgataḥ — come, fallen

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.