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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.66.9

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

2.66.9

yan me dhanaṃ ca ratnaṃ ca dadau rājā paraṃtapaḥ
pariśrāntaṃ pathy abhavat tato 'haṃ pūrvam āgataḥ

“The wealth and jewels that the king, scorcher of foes, gave me grew wearied on the road, so I came on ahead.”

Words: yan — which; me — to me; dhanaṃ ca — wealth and; ratnaṃ ca — jewels and; dadau — gave; rājā — the king; paraṃtapaḥ — scorcher of foes; pariśrāntaṃ — grew wearied, lagged; pathy — on the road; abhavat — became; tato — therefore; 'haṃ — I; pūrvam — before, ahead; āgataḥ — came

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.