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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.55.13

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

2.55.13

havir ājyaṃ puroḍāśāḥ kuśā yūpāś ca khādirāḥ
naitāni yātayāmāni kurvanti punar adhvare

“The oblation, the clarified butter, the sacrificial cakes, the kuśa-grass and the posts of khadira-wood—these, once used, they do not employ again at a sacrifice.

Words: havir — the oblation; ājyaṃ — clarified butter, ghee; puroḍāśāḥ — the sacrificial cakes; kuśā — kuśa-grass; yūpāś — the sacrificial posts; ca — and; khādirāḥ — of khadira wood; naitāni — not these; yātayāmāni — stale, once-used; kurvanti — do (they) make use of; punar — again; adhvare — at a sacrifice

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.