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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.66.19

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 explains that he had expected the summons to concern Rāma's abhiṣeka or a sacrifice, and asks what illness killed their father → still unaware of the exile, he assumes Rāma and the others were present to perform the funeral

2.66.19

uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha kiṃ śeṣe rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ
tvadvidhā na hi śocanti santaḥ sadasi saṃmatāḥ

“Rise up, rise up! Why do you lie there, O prince of great renown? Men like you, the virtuous, honoured in the assembly, do not grieve.”

Words: uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha — rise up, rise up; kiṃ — why; śeṣe — do you lie; rājaputra — O prince; mahāyaśaḥ — of great renown; tvadvidhā — those like you; na hi — for not; śocanti — grieve; santaḥ — the good; sadasi — in the assembly; saṃmatāḥ — esteemed

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.