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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.108.5

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 108: The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa. Rākṣasas assault the tapasvins and disrupt their rites, the community departs for another hermitage despite Rāma’s appeal to remain

In the sequence: he asks their senior ṛṣi whether he, Lakṣmaṇa, or Sītā has behaved improperly

2.108.5

na kaccid bhagavan kiṃ cit pūrvavṛttam idaṃ mayi
dṛśyate vikṛtaṃ yena vikriyante tapasvinaḥ

Surely, revered one, nothing amiss of former conduct is seen in me, by which the ascetics are being troubled?

Words: na kaccid — surely not?; bhagavan — O revered one; kiṃ cit — anything; pūrvavṛttam — of former conduct; idaṃ — this; mayi — in me; dṛśyate — is seen; vikṛtaṃ — wrong, distorted; yena — by which; vikriyante — are troubled, perturbed; tapasvinaḥ — the ascetics

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.