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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.60.3

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 60: Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil. Kausalyā blames Kaikeyī, the ministers place the body in an oil trough and await a son before cremation

In the sequence: Kausalyā holds Daśaratha's head and bitterly tells Kaikeyī that she now has the unopposed Kingdom she wanted

2.60.3

sakāmā bhava kaikeyi bhuṅkṣva rājyam akaṇṭakam
tyaktvā rājānam ekāgrā nṛśaṃse duṣṭacāriṇi

“Have your wish fulfilled, Kaikeyī; enjoy the kingdom free of rivals, having cast off the king and left him alone — you cruel woman of wicked conduct!

Words: sakāmā — with your desire fulfilled; bhava — be; kaikeyi — O Kaikeyī; bhuṅkṣva — enjoy; rājyam — the kingdom; akaṇṭakam — free of thorns, without a rival; tyaktvā — having abandoned; rājānam — the king; ekāgrā — alone, single-minded; nṛśaṃse — O cruel one; duṣṭacāriṇi — O evil-doer, of wicked conduct

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.