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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.64.9

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 64: Bharata leaves Kekaya. The messengers conceal the crisis, his grandfather and uncle provide gifts and an escort, Bharata departs with Śatrughna

In the sequence: Bharata asks after his father, brothers, and each of his mothers

2.64.9

ātmakāmā sadā caṇḍī krodhanā prājñamāninī
arogā cāpi kaikeyī mātā me kim uvāca ha

And is Kaikeyī — ever self-seeking, fierce, prone to anger, and fancying herself wise — free from illness; and what did my mother say?”

Words: ātmakāmā — self-seeking, selfish; sadā — always; caṇḍī — fierce, hot-tempered; krodhanā — irascible, prone to anger; prājñamāninī — fancying herself wise; arogā — free from illness; cāpi — and also; kaikeyī — Kaikeyī; mātā — mother; me — my; kim — what; uvāca — did say; ha — indeed

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.