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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.67.5

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

2.67.5

kausalyā ca sumitrā ca putraśokābhipīḍite
duṣkaraṃ yadi jīvetāṃ prāpya tvāṃ jananīṃ mama

It will be hard for Kausalyā and Sumitrā, tormented by grief for their sons, to go on living, now that they have got you for my mother.

Words: kausalyā — Kausalyā; ca — and; sumitrā — Sumitrā; ca — and; putraśokābhipīḍite — the two afflicted by grief for their sons; duṣkaraṃ — hard, difficult (it is); yadi — if; jīvetāṃ — the two should live; prāpya — having obtained; tvāṃ — you; jananīṃ — as mother; mama — my

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.