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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.7
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
3.45.7
pratigṛhya tu kaikeyī śvaśuraṃ sukṛtena me
mama pravrājanaṃ bhartur bharatasyābhiṣecanam
dvāv ayācata bhartāraṃ satyasaṃdhaṃ nṛpottamam
'Having bound my father-in-law by a past favor, Kaikeyī begged two things of her husband, that best of kings, true to his word: the banishment of my husband and the consecration of Bharata.'
Words: pratigṛhya — having secured, bound; tu — and; kaikeyī — Kaikeyī; śvaśuraṃ — father-in-law; sukṛtena — by a good deed, favor; me — my; mama — my; pravrājanaṃ — the banishment; bhartur — of (my) husband; bharatasyābhiṣecanam — the consecration of Bharata; dvāv — two (things); ayācata — she begged; bhartāraṃ — (her) husband; satyasaṃdhaṃ — true to his word; nṛpottamam — best of kings
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.