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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.60.7
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: she worries about Rāma and Sītā and imagines Janaka's grief when he hears what has happened
2.60.7
aniyoge niyuktena rājñā rāmaṃ vivāsitam
sabhāryaṃ janakaḥ śrutvā patitapsyaty ahaṃ yathā
When Janaka hears that Rāma has been banished with his wife by the king who was bound to an improper task, he too will burn with grief, just as I do.
Words: aniyoge — in a matter not to be commanded; niyuktena — appointed, bound; rājñā — by the king; rāmaṃ — Rāma; vivāsitam — banished, sent to exile; sabhāryaṃ — together with his wife; janakaḥ — Janaka; śrutvā — having heard; patitapsyaty — will burn with grief; ahaṃ — I; yathā — as, just as
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.