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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.35.11
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 35: Mārīca’s warning. He corrects Rāvaṇa’s account of Rāma’s exile, praises Rāma’s character and urges consultation before a plan that could destroy Laṅkā
In the sequence: he corrects Rāvaṇa's account: Rāma was not expelled for misconduct, but voluntarily honored the promise that Kaikeyī had extracted from Daśaratha
3.35.11
kaikeyyāḥ priyakāmārthaṃ pitur daśarathasya ca
hitvā rājyaṃ ca bhogāṃś ca praviṣṭo daṇḍakāvanam
To fulfil a dear wish of Kaikeyī and of his father Daśaratha, forsaking kingship and enjoyments, he entered the Daṇḍaka forest.
Words: kaikeyyāḥ — of Kaikeyī; priyakāmārthaṃ — to fulfil a dear wish; pitur — of his father; daśarathasya ca — and of Daśaratha; hitvā — having forsaken; rājyaṃ ca — and kingship; bhogāṃś ca — and enjoyments; praviṣṭo — entered; daṇḍakāvanam — the Daṇḍaka forest
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.