{"kanda":2,"kandaName":"Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa","sarga":11,"title":"Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī","sentence":"Kaikeyī insists that Daśaratha honour his promise, his night-long appeals fail to change her demands","portion":"Mantharā and Kaikeyī’s two boons","sequence":[[{"steps":["Kaikeyī insists on the boons and challenges Daśaratha's reputation for keeping his word (11.1–3)"],"from":1,"to":3,"sarga":11},{"steps":["he protests that Rāma's departure will kill him and sees disgrace whichever way he turns (11.4–6)"],"from":4,"to":6,"sarga":11},{"steps":["night falls while he is still lamenting (11.7–9)"],"from":7,"to":9,"sarga":11},{"steps":["he first begs the night not to end, then wishes it would pass so that he need no longer look at Kaikeyī","with folded hands, he appeals to her compassion (11.10–13)"],"from":10,"to":13,"sarga":11},{"steps":["she remains unmoved and continues to demand the exile","he loses consciousness again (11.14–15)."],"from":14,"to":15,"sarga":11}]],"verses":[{"v":1,"ref":"2.011.001","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"atadarhaṃ mahārājaṃ śayānam atathocitam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"yayātim iva puṇyānte devalokāt paricyutam","q":null}],"tr":"She looked upon the great king, who did not deserve this, lying in a manner unbefitting him, like Yayāti fallen from the world of the gods at the exhaustion of his merit.","w":[["atadarhaṃ","undeserving of this","a-tad-arhaṃ",[["tad","that"],["arha","deserving"]]],["mahārājaṃ","the great king","mahārājam",[["mahā","great"],["rājan","king"]]],["śayānam","lying"],["atathocitam","unaccustomed to such a state","a-tathā-ucitam",[["tathā","thus, so"],["ucita","fitting"]]],["yayātim","Yayāti"],["iva","like"],["puṇyānte","at the exhaustion of (his) merit","puṇya-ante",[["puṇya","merit"],["anta","end"]]],["devalokāt","from the world of the gods","",[["deva","god"],["loka","world"]]],["paricyutam","fallen"]]},{"v":2,"ref":"2.011.002","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"anartharūpā siddhārthā abhītā bhayadarśinī","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"punar ākārayām āsa tam eva varam aṅganā","q":null}],"tr":"That woman, ruin embodied, her purpose accomplished, unafraid though a sight to inspire fear, once more called for that very boon.","w":[["anartharūpā","ruin embodied","anartha-rūpā",[["anartha","calamity, ruin"],["rūpa","form"]]],["siddhārthā","her purpose accomplished","siddha-arthā",[["siddha","accomplished"],["artha","aim, purpose"]]],["abhītā","unafraid"],["bhayadarśinī","a sight inspiring fear","",[["bhaya","fear"],["darśin","showing, appearing"]]],["punar","again"],["ākārayām āsa","summoned, called for"],["tam","that"],["eva","very"],["varam","boon"],["aṅganā","the woman"]]},{"v":3,"ref":"2.011.003","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tvaṃ katthase mahārāja satyavādī dṛḍhavrataḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"mama cemaṃ varaṃ kasmād vidhārayitum icchasi","q":null}],"tr":"You boast, O great king, that you speak the truth and are firm in your vows; why then do you wish to withhold this boon from me?","w":[["tvaṃ","you","tvam"],["katthase","you boast"],["mahārāja","O great king"],["satyavādī","truth-speaking","",[["satya","truth"],["vādin","speaking"]]],["dṛḍhavrataḥ","firm in vows","",[["dṛḍha","firm"],["vrata","vow"]]],["mama","from me"],["cemaṃ","and this","ca imaṃ"],["varaṃ","boon","varam"],["kasmād","why","kasmāt"],["vidhārayitum","to withhold"],["icchasi","you wish"]]},{"v":4,"ref":"2.011.004","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"evam uktas tu kaikeyyā rājā daśarathas tadā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"pratyuvāca tataḥ kruddho muhūrtaṃ vihvalann iva","q":null}],"tr":"Thus addressed by Kaikeyī, King Daśaratha then, enraged, after being for a moment as if reeling, replied:","w":[["evam","thus"],["uktas","addressed","uktaḥ"],["tu","and"],["kaikeyyā","by Kaikeyī"],["rājā","the king"],["daśarathas","Daśaratha","daśarathaḥ"],["tadā","then"],["pratyuvāca","replied"],["tataḥ","then"],["kruddho","enraged","kruddhaḥ"],["muhūrtaṃ","for a moment","muhūrtam"],["vihvalann","reeling, bewildered","vihvalan"],["iva","as if"]]},{"v":5,"ref":"2.011.005","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"mṛte mayi gate rāme vanaṃ manujapuṃgave","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"hantānārye mamāmitre rāmaḥ pravrājito vanam","q":null}],"tr":"When I am dead and Rāma, that bull among men, has gone to the forest — alas, O ignoble one, my enemy! 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