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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.66.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 66: Kaikeyī’s disclosure. Bharata learns that Daśaratha died calling for the exiles, Kaikeyī admits arranging Rāma’s banishment and urges him to claim the throne

In the sequence: Finding Daśaratha absent, Bharata goes to Kaikeyī, who welcomes him happily

2.66.1

apaśyaṃs tu tatas tatra pitaraṃ pitur ālaye
jagāma bharato draṣṭuṃ mātaraṃ mātur ālaye

Not seeing his father there in his father's dwelling, Bharata went to see his mother in his mother's dwelling.

Words: apaśyaṃs — not seeing; tu — and; tatas — then; tatra — there; pitaraṃ — his father; pitur — of his father; ālaye — in the dwelling; jagāma — went; bharato — Bharata; draṣṭuṃ — to see; mātaraṃ — his mother; mātur — of his mother; ālaye — in the dwelling

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.