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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.66.35

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

2.66.35

sa hi rājasutaḥ putra cīravāsā mahāvanam
daṇḍakān saha vaidehyā lakṣmaṇānucaro gataḥ

“That prince, my son, clad in bark-cloth, has gone to the great forest, to the Daṇḍakas, together with Vaidehī and with Lakṣmaṇa for his follower.”

Words: sa — he; hi — indeed; rājasutaḥ — the prince; putra — O son; cīravāsā — clad in bark-cloth; mahāvanam — to the great forest; daṇḍakān — to the Daṇḍakas; saha — with; vaidehyā — Vaidehī; lakṣmaṇānucaro — with Lakṣmaṇa as follower; gataḥ — gone

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.