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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.66.37

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

2.66.37

kaccin na brāhmaṇavadhaṃ hṛtaṃ rāmeṇa kasya cit
kaccin nāḍhyo daridro vā tenāpāpo vihiṃsitaḥ

“Surely Rāma has not incurred the slaying of anyone's brahmin? Surely no sinless man, rich or poor, has been harmed by him?”

Words: kaccin — surely (not)?; na — not; brāhmaṇavadhaṃ — the slaying of a brahmin; hṛtaṃ — taken, incurred; rāmeṇa — by Rāma; kasya cit — of anyone; kaccin — surely?; nāḍhyo — not a rich man; daridro — poor; vā — or; tenāpāpo — by him a sinless one; vihiṃsitaḥ — harmed

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.