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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.66.33

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: Bharata asks where they are → on hearing of the exile, he anxiously asks whether Rāma committed some grave offense

2.66.33

kva cedānīṃ sa dharmātmā kausalyānandavardhanaḥ
lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā sītayā ca samaṃ gataḥ

“And where now is that righteous one, the increaser of Kausalyā's joy, gone away together with his brother Lakṣmaṇa and with Sītā?”

Words: kva — where; cedānīṃ — and now; sa — that; dharmātmā — righteous one; kausalyānandavardhanaḥ — increaser of Kausalyā's joy; lakṣmaṇena saha — together with Lakṣmaṇa; bhrātrā — with his brother; sītayā ca — and with Sītā; samaṃ — along with; gataḥ — gone

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.