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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.55.11

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

2.55.11

evaṃ kanīyasā bhrātrā bhuktaṃ rājyaṃ viśāṃ pate
bhrātā jyeṣṭhā variṣṭhāś ca kimarthaṃ nāvamaṃsyate

“The kingdom being thus enjoyed by the younger brother, O lord of the people, why would the elder and worthier brother not scorn it?

Words: evaṃ — thus; kanīyasā — by the younger; bhrātrā — by the brother; bhuktaṃ — enjoyed, partaken; rājyaṃ — the kingdom; viśāṃ — of the people; pate — O lord; bhrātā — the brother; jyeṣṭhā — eldest, elder; variṣṭhāś — worthiest, best; ca — and; kimarthaṃ — for what reason, why; nāvamaṃsyate — will he not scorn, disdain

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.