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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.67.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 67: Bharata rejects Kaikeyī’s scheme. He condemns the loss of his father and elder brother, refuses the Kingdom and promises to bring Rāma back

In the sequence: he says she never understood his love for Rāma, on whom the Kingdom depended

2.67.10

lubdhāyā vidito manye na te 'haṃ rāghavaṃ prati
tathā hy anartho rājyārthaṃ tvayā nīto mahān ayam

Greedy as you are, my feeling toward Rāghava was not, I think, known to you; for such a great calamity has been brought on by you for the sake of the kingdom.

Words: lubdhāyā — by you, greedy one; vidito — known; manye — I think; na — not; te — to you; 'haṃ — I; rāghavaṃ — Rāghava; prati — toward, with regard to; tathā — so; hy — indeed; anartho — calamity, mischief; rājyārthaṃ — for the sake of the kingdom; tvayā — by you; nīto — brought about; mahān — great; ayam — this

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.