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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.67.12

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

2.67.12

taṃ hi nityaṃ mahārājo balavantaṃ mahābalaḥ
apāśrito 'bhūd dharmātmā merur meruvanaṃ yathā

For the mighty great king, righteous of soul, ever leaned upon that powerful one, as Mount Meru rests upon the Meru forest.

Words: taṃ — on him; hi — for; nityaṃ — always; mahārājo — the great king; balavantaṃ — the powerful one; mahābalaḥ — of great strength; apāśrito 'bhūd — relied, leaned upon; dharmātmā — righteous of soul; merur — Meru; meruvanaṃ — the Meru forest; yathā — as

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.