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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.37.7

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 37: Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī. The chariot’s dust disappears, Daśaratha falls, rejects Kaikeyī’s touch and returns to Kausalyā as his sight fails

In the sequence: when Kaikeyī tries to help him, he rejects her touch and renounces their relationship → he adds that if Bharata welcomes the Kingdom, he does not want Bharata's offerings after his death

2.37.7

ye ca tvām upajīvanti nāhaṃ teṣāṃ na te mama
kevalārthaparāṃ hi tvāṃ tyaktadharmāṃ tyajāmy aham

And those who live off you — I am not theirs, nor are they mine; for I renounce you, intent only on your own ends, having cast off all righteousness.

Words: ye — who; ca — and; tvām — you; upajīvanti — live off, depend upon; nāhaṃ — not I; teṣāṃ — of them, theirs; na te mama — nor are they mine; kevalārthaparāṃ — intent solely on (your own) ends; hi — for, indeed; tvāṃ — you; tyaktadharmāṃ — who have cast off righteousness; tyajāmy aham — I abandon

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.