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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.67.9

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

2.67.9

apāpadarśinaṃ śūraṃ kṛtātmānaṃ yaśasvinam
pravrājya cīravasanaṃ kiṃ nu paśyasi kāraṇam

Having driven into exile the heroic, disciplined, illustrious one who looks upon no evil, clad in bark garments — what reason, then, do you see?

Words: apāpadarśinaṃ — who looks upon no evil; śūraṃ — the hero; kṛtātmānaṃ — disciplined, of perfected soul; yaśasvinam — illustrious; pravrājya — having sent into exile; cīravasanaṃ — clad in bark garments; kiṃ nu — what, then; paśyasi — do you see; kāraṇam — reason, cause

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.