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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.66.36

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

2.66.36

tac chrutvā bharatas trasto bhrātuś cāritraśaṅkayā
svasya vaṃśasya māhātmyāt praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame

Hearing that, Bharata, alarmed by a doubt about his brother's conduct, out of the greatness of his own lineage began to ask:

Words: tac chrutvā — having heard that; bharatas — Bharata; trasto — alarmed; bhrātuś — of his brother; cāritraśaṅkayā — from doubt about (his) conduct; svasya — of his own; vaṃśasya — lineage; māhātmyāt — out of the greatness; praṣṭuṃ — to ask; samupacakrame — began

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.