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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.37.8
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
2.37.8
agṛhṇāṃ yac ca te pāṇim agniṃ paryaṇayaṃ ca yat
anujānāmi tat sarvam asmiṃl loke paratra ca
That I took your hand and that I led you round the fire — all that I disavow, both in this world and in the next.
Words: agṛhṇāṃ — I took, grasped; yac ca — and that; te — your; pāṇim — hand; agniṃ — the fire; paryaṇayaṃ — I led round (in the wedding); ca yat — and that; anujānāmi — I renounce, take leave of; tat sarvam — all that; asmiṃl loke — in this world; paratra ca — and in the next
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.