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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.37.9
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
2.37.9
bharataś cet pratītaḥ syād rājyaṃ prāpyedam avyayam
yan me sa dadyāt pitrarthaṃ mā mā tad dattam āgamat
If Bharata should be well pleased on gaining this imperishable kingdom, then whatever he might give me as a father's due — let that gift never reach me.
Words: bharataś cet — if Bharata; pratītaḥ — pleased, satisfied; syād — should be; rājyaṃ — kingdom; prāpyedam — having obtained this; avyayam — imperishable, unfailing; yan — which, whatever; me — to me; sa — he; dadyāt — might give; pitrarthaṃ — for a father's sake, as a father's due; mā mā — let not to me; tad — that; dattam — the gift, given; āgamat — may it come, reach
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.