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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.67.15
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 refuses to fulfill her wish even if he could bear the burden of rule → he declares that he will bring Rāma back from the forest.
2.67.15
ity evam uktvā bharato mahātmā priyetarair vākyagaṇais tudaṃs tām
śokāturaś cāpi nanāda bhūyaḥ siṃho yathā parvatagahvarasthaḥ
Having spoken thus, the great-souled Bharata, wounding her with volleys of unwelcome words and himself stricken with grief, roared out once more, like a lion within a mountain cave.
Words: ity evam uktvā — having spoken thus; bharato — Bharata; mahātmā — the great-souled one; priyetarair — with unwelcome, unkind; vākyagaṇais — volleys of words; tudaṃs — wounding, piercing; tām — her; śokāturaś — stricken with grief; cāpi — and also; nanāda — roared; bhūyaḥ — again; siṃho — a lion; yathā — as; parvatagahvarasthaḥ — standing in a mountain cave
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.