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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.6

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 recounts Kaikeyī's demands for Bharata's succession and Rāma's exile, and Daśaratha's unsuccessful attempts to change her mind

3.45.6

tasmin saṃbhriyamāṇe tu rāghavasyābhiṣecane
kaikeyī nāma bhartāraṃ mamāryā yācate varam

'But while that consecration of Rāghava was being prepared, my noble mother-in-law named Kaikeyī begged a boon of her husband.'

Words: tasmin — when that; saṃbhriyamāṇe — being prepared; tu — but; rāghavasyābhiṣecane — the consecration of Rāghava; kaikeyī — Kaikeyī; nāma — by name; bhartāraṃ — (her) husband; mamāryā — my noble lady; yācate — begs; varam — a 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.