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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.66.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 66: Kaikeyī’s disclosure. Bharata learns that Daśaratha died calling for the exiles, Kaikeyī admits arranging Rāma’s banishment and urges him to claim the throne

In the sequence: he tells her about the journey and says he traveled ahead of the slower gifts and baggage

2.66.10

rājavākyaharair dūtais tvaryamāṇo 'ham āgataḥ
yad ahaṃ praṣṭum icchāmi tad ambā vaktum arhasi

“Urged on by the messengers who bore the king's word, I have come; what I wish to ask, that, mother, you must tell me.”

Words: rājavākyaharair — by the bearers of the king's message; dūtais — by messengers; tvaryamāṇo — being hastened; 'ham — I; āgataḥ — have come; yad — what; ahaṃ — I; praṣṭum — to ask; icchāmi — wish; tad — that; ambā — O mother; vaktum — to tell; arhasi — you ought

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.