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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.66.32

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: Kaikeyī says the King died calling for Rāma, Sītā, and Lakṣmaṇa and speaking of their future return

2.66.32

tac chrutvā viṣasādaiva dvitīyā priyaśaṃsanāt
viṣaṇṇavadano bhūtvā bhūyaḥ papraccha mātaram

Hearing that, he sank down in despair at the second welcome-sounding announcement, and with a dejected face questioned his mother again.

Words: tac chrutvā — having heard that; viṣasādaiva — he sank down indeed; dvitīyā — a second (time); priyaśaṃsanāt — at the announcement of (seeming) good news; viṣaṇṇavadano — with dejected face; bhūtvā — having become; bhūyaḥ — again; papraccha — asked; mātaram — his mother

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.