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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.55.10
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 55: Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha. She fears Rāma will reject Bharata’s former Kingdom even after returning, Daśaratha collapses and recalls his past wrongdoing
In the sequence: she fears that even after fourteen years he will refuse a Kingdom already enjoyed by Bharata
2.55.10
yadi pañcadaśe varṣe rāghavaḥ punar eṣyati
jahyād rājyaṃ ca kośaṃ ca bharatenopabhokṣyate
“If in the fifteenth year the Rāghava should return, it seems he would (still) renounce the kingdom and the treasury—it will (by then) be enjoyed by Bharata.
Words: yadi — if; pañcadaśe — in the fifteenth; varṣe — year; rāghavaḥ — the Rāghava; punar — again; eṣyati — will come, return; jahyād — he would forsake, renounce; rājyaṃ — the kingdom; ca — and; kośaṃ — the treasury; ca — and; bharatenopabhokṣyate — it will be enjoyed by Bharata
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.