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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.2.17
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 2: Virādha’s attack. The weapon-bearing man-eater seizes Sītā and claims her as his wife, Lakṣmaṇa steadies Rāma and vows to kill him
In the sequence: in his distress, Rāma tells Lakṣmaṇa that Kaikeyī's wish has now been fulfilled
3.2.17
yad abhipretam asmāsu priyaṃ vara vṛtaṃ ca yat
kaikeyyās tu susaṃvṛttaṃ kṣipram adyaiva lakṣmaṇa
That dear boon Kaikeyī longed for regarding us, and the wish she craved — that, O Lakṣmaṇa, has now this very day at once been fully accomplished.
Words: yad — which; abhipretam — intended, desired; asmāsu — regarding us; priyaṃ — dear, pleasing; vara — boon; vṛtaṃ — chosen, craved; ca — and; yat — which; kaikeyyās — of Kaikeyī; tu — indeed; susaṃvṛttaṃ — fully come about, accomplished; kṣipram — quickly, at once; adyaiva — this very day; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa
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.