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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.67.4

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 accuses Kaikeyī of destroying the family and bringing unbearable grief to Kausalyā and Sumitrā

2.67.4

kulasya tvam abhāvāya kālarātrir ivāgatā
aṅgāram upagūhya sma pitā me nāvabuddhavān

You have come like the Night of Doom for the destruction of the family; my father embraced a live coal and did not perceive it.

Words: kulasya — of the family; tvam — you; abhāvāya — for the destruction, non-being; kālarātrir — like the Night of Doom; ivāgatā — have come, as it were; aṅgāram — a live coal, ember; upagūhya — having embraced, clasped; sma — indeed; pitā — father; me — my; nāvabuddhavān — did not perceive it

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.