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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.55.15

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

2.55.15

naivaṃvidham asatkāraṃ rāghavo marṣayiṣyati
balavān iva śārdūlo bāladher abhimarśanam

“The Rāghava will not brook such a slight, any more than a strong tiger would brook the touch of its tail.

Words: naivaṃvidham — not such a kind of; asatkāraṃ — dishonour, slight; rāghavo — the Rāghava; marṣayiṣyati — will endure, tolerate; balavān — strong, mighty; iva — like, as; śārdūlo — a tiger; bāladher — of its tail; abhimarśanam — the touching, seizing

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.