Rāmāyaṇacampū 2.14

2.14

Then Daśaratha, having regained consciousness with great difficulty, spoke to Kaikeyī:
“Rāma may well go to the forest, abandoning the joyful festival that had been arranged, / but how will the people abandon the long-held eager joy at his consecration? / Out of fear of the lapse of righteousness, shall I declare the separation from my child, / or shall I declare that infamy causing agony will be born, O wife, for you until the end of the world-age? // 14