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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.11

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 45: Rāvaṇa reveals his identity. Sītā recounts her marriage and exile, he offers Queenship in Laṅkā and she rejects him with warnings of destruction

In the sequence: she tells how Kaikeyī delivered the fourteen-year command and Rāma accepted it to preserve his father's truth

3.45.11

abhiṣekāya tu pituḥ samīpaṃ rāmam āgatam
kaikeyī mama bhartāram ity uvāca drutaṃ vacaḥ

'But when Rāma came into his father's presence for the consecration, Kaikeyī swiftly spoke these words to my husband:'

Words: abhiṣekāya — for the consecration; tu — but; pituḥ — of (his) father; samīpaṃ — near, into the presence; rāmam — Rāma; āgatam — come; kaikeyī — Kaikeyī; mama — my; bhartāram — husband; ity — thus; uvāca — said; drutaṃ — quickly; vacaḥ — word(s)

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.