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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.67.7
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 reminds her that Rāma treated her as his mother and Kausalyā treated her as a sister
2.67.7
tathā jyeṣṭhā hi me mātā kausalyā dīrghadarśinī
tvayi dharmaṃ samāsthāya bhaginyām iva vartate
And likewise my eldest mother, the far-sighted Kausalyā, holding firm to dharma, behaves toward you as toward a sister.
Words: tathā — and likewise; jyeṣṭhā — eldest; hi — indeed; me — my; mātā — mother; kausalyā — Kausalyā; dīrghadarśinī — far-sighted; tvayi — toward you; dharmaṃ — dharma; samāsthāya — having taken her stand on; bhaginyām — toward a sister; iva — as; vartate — behaves
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.