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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.66.7

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: he tells her about the journey and says he traveled ahead of the slower gifts and baggage

2.66.7

evaṃ pṛṣṭhas tu kaikeyyā priyaṃ pārthivanandanaḥ
ācaṣṭa bharataḥ sarvaṃ mātre rājīvalocanaḥ

Thus questioned kindly by Kaikeyī, the lotus-eyed Bharata, delight of the king, related everything to his mother.

Words: evaṃ — thus; pṛṣṭhas — questioned; tu — and; kaikeyyā — by Kaikeyī; priyaṃ — kindly, agreeably; pārthivanandanaḥ — delight of the king; ācaṣṭa — related; bharataḥ — Bharata; sarvaṃ — everything; mātre — to his mother; rājīvalocanaḥ — the lotus-eyed

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.