सर्गः १०
In which Daśaratha finds Kaikēyī on bare earth, swears an open boon, and hears her dreadful price of Bharata crowned and Rāma exiled fourteen years bark-clad.
Daśaratha enters to announce crowning — Daśaratha finds Kaikēyī on ground — Daśaratha offers physicians and every favour — Kaikēyī withholds wish until promised — Daśaratha swears and offers his heart — Kaikēyī invokes gods as witnesses — Kaikēyī demands Bharata anointed with prepared rites — Kaikēyī demands Rāma's fourteen-year Daṇḍaka bark-clad exile — Daśaratha faints and reviles family destroyer — Daśaratha begs touching her feet