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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.99.6
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 99: Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations. The marriage pledge and wartime boons bind the succession, Bharata & Śatrughna must govern while Rāma & Lakṣmaṇa remain in the forest
In the sequence: he recalls Daśaratha's promise of the Kingdom as a bride-price to Kaikeyī's father at her marriage, followed by the boons granted to Kaikeyī after the war between Devas and asuras → he treats Kaikeyī's later demands as claims their father was bound to fulfill
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tava rājyaṃ naravyāghra mama pravrājanaṃ tathā
tac ca rājā tathā tasyai niyuktaḥ pradadau varam
The kingdom for you, O tiger among men, and my banishment — and the king, bound by his word, granted her that boon accordingly.
Words: tava rājyaṃ — the kingdom for you; naravyāghra — O tiger among men; mama pravrājanaṃ — my banishment; tathā — and, likewise; tac ca — and that; rājā — the king; tathā — so, accordingly; tasyai — to her; niyuktaḥ — bound, obligated; pradadau — granted, bestowed; varam — the boon
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.